Color 4/65 <-> Mono 4/60 swap?
Gerhard Holzer
rcvie!cc_gucky at uunet.uu.net
Mon Oct 8 07:30:00 AEST 1990
In article <1990Sep18.203401.7874 at rice.edu> you write:
>A question about swapping components between a 4/60 and a 4/65...
>
>We currently have a monochrome 4/60, and we're ordering a color 4/65 with
>a GX accelerator. What we want to do, for various reasons, is turn the
>4/60 into the color system, and make the new 4/65 a monochrome one. We'd
>like to do this by swapping the frame buffer boards and monitors between
>the two systems.
>
We had a simmilar question, and Sun told us THIS wouldn't work !
It's possible to use a GX board of a 4/60 in a SS1 (4/65), but not the new
GX in an 'old' SS (4/60).
The newer GX should also be quicker than the older one ! I hope this
answer is exact enough for you - and I hope it's correct !
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