akator70
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I've done a bit of searching, and while my Google-fu is usually pretty good I haven't been able to come up with any answers to these questions.
Are the PowerBooks in the 100 series limited to a max of 8 or 14MB because of a hardware limitation? I ask this because many Macs were limited to the maximum memory possible at the time but when larger chips became available those Macs could take advantage of them. If this isn't a hardware limitation, it seems theoretically possible to create or mod a memory board with compatible larger memory. (This has been with other classic computers.)
Were there any CPU board upgrades? I know there were upgrades available for the 500 series and later PowerBooks, but I haven't been able to find any info for the 100 series. There have been some interesting modern upgrades for other classic computers, especially the Amigas. Since the Amigas shared the 68K processing family, there's already some solid starting points for doing similar with Macs.
Are the PowerBooks in the 100 series limited to a max of 8 or 14MB because of a hardware limitation? I ask this because many Macs were limited to the maximum memory possible at the time but when larger chips became available those Macs could take advantage of them. If this isn't a hardware limitation, it seems theoretically possible to create or mod a memory board with compatible larger memory. (This has been with other classic computers.)
Were there any CPU board upgrades? I know there were upgrades available for the 500 series and later PowerBooks, but I haven't been able to find any info for the 100 series. There have been some interesting modern upgrades for other classic computers, especially the Amigas. Since the Amigas shared the 68K processing family, there's already some solid starting points for doing similar with Macs.