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Title: Macintosh Performa 5200CD (1995) swapping to a Quadra 630
Post by: chrisNova777 on November 02, 2016, 08:42:15 PM
https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/26669-just-got-a-performa-5200cd/
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_performa/specs/mac_performa_5200cd.html
http://www.429bauhaus.no-ip.com/Manuals/0308235APRF525300CDUG.pdf
http://lowendmac.com/1995/performa-5200/

(http://lowendmac.com/wp-content/uploads/performa-5300.jpg) <--- (http://lowendmac.com/wp-content/uploads/performa-630-320.jpg)

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motherboards compatible between each other?:
the Macintosh LC family of computers http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/mac_lc/index-mac-lc-series.html,
the Macintosh 630 series, http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-1994.html
or Power Macintosh 5200, 5300, 6200, http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-1995.html
and 6300 series computer  http://www.everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-1996.html

(http://www.oldschooldaw.com/forums/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3236.0;attach=4140;image)

(http://lowendmac.com/wp-content/uploads/quadra-630-memory.png)
http://lowendmac.com/2016/add-a-second-simm-slot-to-quadra-lc-or-performa-630/
the highest IDE HDD PIO mode the quadra 630 supports is Mode 3 (11.1 MB/s), <--slow disk speeds!!!

PIO: PIO stands for Programmed Input/Output, a protocol for data transfer where the CPU, drive controller, motherboard chipset drivers, and other controller or hard drive device drivers work together to directly control data transfer between the hard drive and the rest of the system. Since it involves the CPU, extensive use of PIO mode transfers can slow a computer down considerably. PIO was created in the original ATA standard (X3.221-1994, "AT Attachment Interface for Disk Drives").

so speed of quadra 630 is ATA-2 equivelent

http://lowendmac.com/1998/macintosh-serial-throughput/
Title: re: using comm slot ethernet with Macintosh Performa 5200CD
Post by: chrisNova777 on November 16, 2016, 01:31:19 PM
re: ethernet adapters:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=371762935087
http://www.welovemacs.com/nics-commslot.html
(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/lovemacs_2445_3290886147)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Communication_slot The Apple Communication Slot or Comm Slot is an internal expansion data interface (slot) found in Apple Macintosh computers from the early to mid-1990s. It was designed as an inexpensive way to add communication expansion cards like network adapters or modems to Macs and Power Macs. The slot exists in two forms. The original Communication Slot standard was introduced in the Macintosh LC 575 and can be identified by the notch toward its rear. This slot is based on the LC PDS. An updated PCI-based Communication Slot II debuted with the Performa 6360. This new slot moved the notch to the front so that incompatible cards could not be inserted. In addition to the respective expansion bus pins, these slots also carried audio and serial lines. The serial bus was shared with the external modem port. Because the power and serial pins remained unchanged between the two slots, it was possible to design a universal modem card which could work in either. Network adapters, however, needed to be designed for one or the other. A major disadvantage to both is that when a modem card is installed in the Communication Slot, the modem serial port on the back of the computer is disabled.[1] Computers that came with this card installed had the modem port blanked out (though the connector was still present).[citation needed] Further, due to its unconventional architecture, the Performa 5200's printer port would be disabled if a network adapter was installed in the Communication Slot.

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Communication Slot[edit]
A Communication Slot (some documentation refers to this as a Communication Card I Slot) is found in some 68040 and PowerPC CPU Macs.

Macintosh 575 family
Macintosh 580 family
Macintosh 630 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 5200 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 5300 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 6200 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 6300 family (except 6360)
Communication Slot II[edit]
The Communication Slot II was used in the 6360 and later series of Power Macs and Performas.

Power Macintosh/Performa 6360
Power Macintosh/Performa 5400 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 5500 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 6400 family
Power Macintosh/Performa 6500 family
Power Macintosh 4400 (aka Power Macintosh 7220)
Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
Umax C600 (Apus 3000 in Europe) Macintosh Clone
In addition, a modified Communication Slot II was present on the Power Macintosh G3 personality cards. This slot only provided power and serial lines, leaving the PCI pins disconnected. For this reason it could only be used with modem cards. As in other machines, the external modem port is disabled when a modem is installed in the Communication Slot.

Cards[edit]
Communication Slot TYPE 1[edit]
14.4 modem Macintosh Express Fax/Modem (Part M2480LL/A)
10BASE-T Apple Ethernet CS Twisted Pair Card (Part M3065Z/A)
10BASE2 Apple Ethernet CS Thin Coax (coax cable) Card (Part M2708Z/A)
AUI Apple Ethernet CS AAUI Card (Part M3066Z/A)

Communication Slot TYPE II[edit]
28.8 kbit/s Global Village or Apple GeoPort modem
10BASE-T Apple EtherNet CS II Twisted-Pair Card (Part M4772ZM/A; Order 661-1171)
10BASE2 (thin coax) Ethernet Card (Part M4773ZM/A)
AAUI (Apple standard) Ethernet Card (Part M4774ZM/A)
Additional cards were offered by third parties.
Title: Re: Macintosh Performa 5200CD (1995) swapping to a Quadra 630
Post by: chrisNova777 on November 23, 2016, 05:15:56 PM


video shows the installation of the video input module