8500/9500 CPU card in a 7500? Looking at upgrades...

[protocol7]

I'm planning to get a 604 card for my 7500 and was wondering if the 7500/8500/9500 can all use each other's CPU daughtercards. I specifically want a 604, not 604e, so I think 150Mhz is as high as I can go. So would the card from a 8500/150 or 9500/150 do the trick?

I'm waiting to hear back from a couple of places about shipping costs etc, but until then here's a list of the parts I need to get for my 7500. If anyone has all or most of them (so I only have one shipping charge) then let me know what you would want for them with shipping to Ireland. I'm trying to keep costs down as much as possible (well, isn't everyone).

High priority

604 CPU @ 150Mhz

AppleCD 600i or 1200i SCSI CDROM

2x1MB VRAM chips

Lower priority

1 Blank PCI cover

1 Support Arm (922-1730)

 

[Unknown_K]

You should be able to do a 604e/200 in a 7500, the 604EV (250/300/350) only work in a 8600/9600.

You might be able to find a cheap G3 card for the 7500 locally.

 

[protocol7]

I already have a G3 card in it. I want the 604 specifically for some software that won't work with a 604e. So would the 8500/9500 cards work OK?

BTW there's really no such thing as "picking up locally" over here. Especially for anything pre-G3. It all has to come from abroad.

 

[tmtomh]

Interesting - I wasn't aware any software existed that would run on a 604 but not a 604e.

 

[Bunsen]

was wondering if the 7500/8500/9500 can all use each other's CPU daughtercards

To answer your actual question: yes.

 

[protocol7]

Thanks Bunsen. I had a feeling they'd work but just needed confirmation.

 

[LCGuy]

1 Blank PCI cover

If you're talking about the metal piece that goes in the back of the case when a PCI slot is not in use, Macs use the exact same ones as PCs - you should have no trouble at all getting one, and I certainly wouldn't pay for it.

 

[protocol7]

If you're talking about the metal piece that goes in the back of the case when a PCI slot is not in use, Macs use the exact same ones as PCs - you should have no trouble at all getting one, and I certainly wouldn't pay for it.

I never even thought to check :I

I have a dozen or more PC ones in a box and found a flat one that was almost identical to the ones in the 7500. I wasn't really expecting to pay for one. Was figuring that if I was getting the other parts off someone and they had one, they'd just throw it in. In any case I've got most of the parts winging their way to me. Apart from the support arm but that's not really all that vital.