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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
 Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 05:40:26
I was just looking for the devnote for the 8100, and i found one for an LPX-40 logic board design. Seeing as though it sounded like something never used in a mass produced Mac, i had a look, and it seems to be an early proto of the beige G3 mobo, before the Gossamer.http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/hardware/Developer_Notes/Macintosh_CPUs-PPC_Desktop/LPX-40_Dev_Note.pdf -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 06:10:52
COOL!I'm downloading the developer notes nowl..... There's loads more than was EVER covered in AppleDesign! Official 68k videographer
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 06:17:56
It looks as though Apple had this grand plan to be able to use the SAME motherboard in desktop and minitower machines, in one or 2 different sizes for each type of enclosure... Dell does this too... their entire older OptiPlex line from any point in time would take the same motherboard, the PCI slots would be on a riser.... then they'd install a different riser on each motherboard based on what kind of chassis it was going into. Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 06:33:34
quote:
It looks as though Apple had this grand plan to be able to use the SAME motherboard in desktop and minitower machines, in one or 2 different sizes for each type of enclosure...
Thats exactly what they did with the Gossamer! (Beige G3 mobo) -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.™ - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5
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jruschme
Junior Member
USA
196 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 09:21:38
quote:
I was just looking for the devnote for the 8100, and i found one for an LPX-40 logic board design. Seeing as though it sounded like something never used in a mass produced Mac, i had a look, and it seems to be an early proto of the beige G3 mobo, before the Gossamer.
Are you sure? It sounds suspiciously like either the 4400 or one of the reference design for one of the later clone motherboards (Tsunami, PowerBASE, etc.).
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catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 10:56:43
Thats neat.-danny
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2003 : 20:34:42
the gossamer didn't have a riser, and it was 2 or 3 different boards IIRC.Official 68k videographer
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LPX-40?
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