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Power Tower Pro 250 dual processor
« on: June 19, 2003, 09:09:00 AM »
Hi,
I have an old Power Computing Tower Pro 250 that I like to play with. I noticed somewhere that this unit can be upgraded to a dual processor. A Pro 250 dual processor model was made by the company.

I was just wondering what I would need to do this ?
Is it a Dual Processor daughtercard I need ? If so, I'm guessing it is not a cheap item unless I can find a used one on Epay or somewhere.
Thanks for any input,
Krow

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Power Tower Pro 250 dual processor
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2003, 10:00:57 AM »
Krow, I've never seen a dual upgrade card for the Power Tower Pro made by Power Computing - you can get Sonnet G3 & G4 single processor cards (up to 800MHz) at OWC

Power Computing did make a dual processor Power Tower Pro:

http://www.everymac.com/systems/powercc/po...r_pro250mp.html

I've never even seen one on eBay - not sure how many of them they actually sold, considering that they cost a whopping $6,500!

Daystar/XLR8 also have upgrade cards, and theoretically you could add a dual processor upgrade to their carrier cards, but I don't see any for the Power Tower era clones:

http://www.daystartechnology.com/pages-xlr...8pricelist.html

The Sonnet cards look like a better deal to me. XLR8, now that it has been bought out by Daystar (or whatever happened - XLR8 itself, as an independent company, no longer exists) does not seem to have developed anything new since last year. I have no idea what customer support (and all those other good things) are like with Daystar.

Though XLR8 did make dual upgrade cards, I can't find any at the retailers that used to carry their products, and Daystar don't actually list them for sale. Nothing on eBay right now either, except the single processor cards.
« Last Edit: June 19, 2003, 10:20:10 AM by Paddy »
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Power Tower Pro 250 dual processor
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2003, 11:49:03 PM »
Thanks Paddy for the info.
The more I think about the statement "upgradeable to a dual processor" must have meant it was an upgradable option when ordered new.
I doubt I will spend much money on it, I just like to tinker with it and thought about buying a used one from ebay for parts if I could find one cheap.
Oh Well........another project for another day.