thanks mark, that's interesting, cos on lowendmac.com the upgrade
path for a 230 is listed as a 280. has anyone else tried this?
putting a 280 motherboard in a 230 case? thanks bob
>At 9:41 AM -0700 8/5/2000, bob bellerue wrote:
> >i'm putting a 280 MB in a 230 case.
> >
>
>I'm pretty sure this won't work. The 280 came with an active matrix screen
>which takes a different connector from the 230 passive matrix one. The
>2300 logic board was meant to be used as an upgrade and therefore was
>designed with both types of connectors (and SCSI and IDE as well).
>
>The keyboard will work fine, though.
>
>The 280 board will work with a 270c or 280c screen, which are color active
>matrix and very nice. The 280 active greyscale screen is pretty nice too.
>I've got one and not only does it seem a bit faster than the 280c (less
>video overhead?) but the batteries last longer and if you're sitting out in
>the sun you can turn the backlight totally off and read the screen fine.
>Try that with a Pismo!
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