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| Click here to select a new forum. | | Performa 575 motherboard in 550 case? | Posted by: Ajaxermd on 2020-10-01 22:40:52
I swapped my working 550 motherboard into a Macintosh TV to get it working again.
That has left me with a shell 550 that works with no motherboard.
Does anyone know if a 575 motherboard will work in the 550?
Worried since the 550 was 68030 and the 575 is a 68040LC.
| Posted by: Daniël on 2020-10-02 00:03:44
I swapped my working 550 motherboard into a Macintosh TV to get it working again.
That has left me with a shell 550 that works with no motherboard.
Does anyone know if a 575 motherboard will work in the 550?
Worried since the 550 was 68030 and the 575 is a 68040LC. Should work fine. The CPU doesn't matter, the edge connector pinout does. They are compatible between the 5xx line, Macintosh TV, and Color Classics to a degree (CC needs a mod to deal with the higher video resolution). A 5xx to 5xx swap should be straight forward. The only exception is the LC580, this was a late 68k that uses the later 6xx style edge connector, and IDE instead of SCSI for the hard drive.
| Posted by: KnobsNSwitches on 2020-10-02 00:07:38
Definitely will work!
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