[rescue] need Mac Upgrade Advice!!!

[Brian Hechinger]

> 
> I should stress *electronically* similar.  The cases are very likely
> totally different.  Especially after looking at the pictures you posted...

crap.  oh well.  that's life i guess.

> Umm... Nope, 'prolly won't work.  The back panel would need serious
> hacking go get the connectors to fit.

that i don't have a problem with.

> And *then* there's probably no place to put a PCI riser card to be able to
> use the PCI slots... unless you want to seriously hack up the case.

that sounds like more time and efford on this thing then i care to spend.
unless i could live without the PCI (but i need ethernet, is that only on PCI?)

> It's the same cache module as on a 5400 (and 4400 and ...) and it *looks*
> like it'll fit in the 5260.  

i get the feeling that the 5400 is nothing like the 5260.

> Just like the 25 pin SCSI port on the back of
> your Mac looks like a parallel port :)

sizzle sizzle, smoke smoke. :)

> Ah well, another will show up eventually...

at least now i know what to keep my eyes open for.

-brian