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Are The Expansion Interfaces on The Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II Physically The Same?
Posted by: Paralel on 2015-12-31 13:03:07
Are the expansion interfaces on the Macintosh Classic and Macintosh Classic II physically the same, and by this I mean same number of pins, same spacing, same size, etc...?

I know the one on the Macintosh Classic is just for memory, while the one on the Macintosh Classic II is for an FPU and/or expansion ROM, but that's irrelevant to what I'm interested in.

Posted by: Macdrone on 2015-12-31 13:34:29
yes

Posted by: Paralel on 2016-01-01 13:24:01
After some more research, no, they are not physically equal. The RAM expansion card for the Classic has 44 pins, the FPU/ROM Card for the Classic II has 50 pins.

Posted by: GetTaDaChopa on 2016-01-04 21:54:04
i tried to put the expansion card from a classic into classic 2 and it didnt boot, i though i fried it. but took it out and is still ok. so im assuming you cant do that

just in case someone was wondering

Posted by: bibilit on 2016-01-04 23:01:48
No they are not, tried also but they are not physically combatible.

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