Can I upgrade my Takky to a G3 or G4?
Yes, provided that your Takky is based on an Alchemy or Gazelle motherboard. Sonnet and a few others make upgrades that fit the L2 cache slot on these boards. Stuart has a page describing what’s involved besides simply installing the upgrade. Note that you will have to add a 3.3V supply (see above), if you haven’t already, in order for this to work. Return to index 2.2.7 — Help! The IDE connector diagrams make no sense! Advice for wise PowerCC/Takky builders: carefully note the way the factory IDE cable is attached to the harness and the black IDC connector. If you wire your new, longer IDE cable in exactly the same way, you won’t have any need for making sense out of the IDE diagrams. Alexey Danilchenko and Stuart Bell have put together a page on Stuart’s site that explains the issues with the Takky wiring diagram much more clearly. I’d advise anyone building a 630-style harness from scratch to read it very thoroughly and understand it well.
