Subject: Re: Processor upgrade card.
From: John Nelson (john@computation.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2001 - 16:55:33 MST
Is there a reason NOT to use LinuxPPC as opposed to Yellow Dog?
Not a rhetorical question. I haven't been exactly overwhelmed by the
quality of Yellow Dog.
-- John
Martin F. Melhus wrote:
>I have a 7600 with a Sonnet Crescendo G3/400 processor upgrade
>card in it. YDL doesn't seem to see the full capacity of the
>card; the system info gizmo informs me that it is running a
>195 MHz G3, which is exactly the same number that the Mac end
>reports if I don't use the Sonnet Accelerator Extension on
>boot-up.
>
>Anyone have any expertise with this? Can I use the full
>power of the fast processor. And yes, I know, YDL for old
>macs is about taking slow machines and making them useful.
>I still have my 233 MHz 604e card, but I'd rather use the
>G3.
>
>When I was running LinuxPPC, there was a huge speed boost
>when I switched from the 604e to the G3. I speculate that
>something in LinuxPPC 2000 picked up the fact that it was
>a 400 MHz G3, and let it run all out. YDL doesn't seem to
>be as fast as it could be - any input on this?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>Martin.
>
>
>=====
>Martin F. Melhus | Never
>aeronaut6@yahoo.com | generalize.
>
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