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Thomas S Sandborn <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 20 Feb 1998 22:21:35 -0800
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Cannon is a respected (and well known) printer maker. They list this
model on their web site, but no info on it. No markings on the mobo.
                                  Tom Sandborn
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998 19:18:05 -0500 Larry Koester
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>Talk to ?Cannon.  It is not a brand name I recognize, nor would I
>expect many others.  Not enough data.  Brand and model of the
>motherboard is needed since we don't have X-ray vision.  For that
>data you must open the machine.  The problem is the many 486's did
>not really have that much helpful information on their mboards.
>
>No help from cannon, means you must eyeball the hardware and tell us
>what it tells you.  I don't expect much because often not much data
>was given.  During the 486 period, there was great variability in
>what was possible.
>
>> I have an older Cannon MT4500 computer that I would like to rehab
>> for my daughter. It has a 486 Cyrix DX2-50 chip on it with 4 megs
>> onboard, with spaces for 2  72 pin mem chips, and empty cache slots.
>> Proprietary all the way. Does anyone have any info on the mobo on
>> this machine?  Such as, what voltage does the socket support
>> (switchable, hopefully?), and what memory chip configuration does it
>> take. I have a AMD 133 chip I can throw at it if the voltage is
>> right. Any info would be appreciated. As usual, any part made six
>> moths ago is disavowed by the maufacturer. ("Uh gee that is a relic,
>> I don't think we have anything on that, and we don't support that
>> anymore"). What I'm trying to say is no help from Cannon.
>
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>Larry Koester     [log in to unmask]
>Bloomer, WI       [log in to unmask]
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