From: erik@cheshire.oxy.edu (Erik Adams) Subject: Can I remove the 68000 under my daughterboard upgrade? Organization: Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA 90041 USA. Lines: 26 The subject says what I would like to do, here are the details: I have a 512ke with the MacRescue upgrade board that makes it the equivalent of a Plus (System 7 and MacEnvy both identify it as such). The MacRescue board clips onto the 68000 on the MB. It also has a 68000 itself. Periodically I have to remove the clip (not an entirely easy thing to do) and clean the "legs" of the 68000. Larry Pina's book asserts that this is occasionally a problem with snap on upgrades: the 68000's "legs" will oxidize, causing unusual system errors. Well, that's me. So, I would like to do something permanent, and I think it would be fairly easy to put a socket in where the 68000 currently is, and modify the MacRescue board to plug in. What I'm not 100% sure of is whether it will work. It seems to me that the two 68000s aren't acting independently; so removing one shouldn't have any effect on the performance of my Mac. I'm about 97% sure. Will someone provide the extra 3%? Erik erik@cheshire.oxy.edu