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Mystery DayStar Card

    12-May-95 12:28:19
Fm: Greg Erickson <DayStar> 75300,1544
To: John L. Myers 73417,3507
>I opened the machine and pulled the card & found it's a Quad 40 accelerator. Is there any sort of info about upgrades available for this card (can it be upgraded/traded in for a PPC upgrade card?) And, do I need any sort of software drivers to run the card (I look to get the same performance with or without the card installed, so I assume it needs some sort of driver.) QuadControl v2.3 is needed to activate the integrated 128K level 2 cache. You can get this CDEV from DayStar's software library. GO MACAVEN, Section 6: DayStar Digital. The Quad 040 can be traded in for credit toward a PowerPro 601, DayStar's PowerPC upgrade for the Quadra 650/700/800/900/950 and Centris 650. The Trade Up price for the 100 MHz PowerPro 601 is $933. This boardhas a 1MB level 2 cache and exclusively uses the Mac's system board memory. Using native 601 code applications allows it to run about four times as fast as your Quadra 650 with its 680×0 apps! Greg Erickson DayStar Digital