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===Upgrades=== Powered by a [[Motorola 68030]] processor, the Color Classic can only go up to Mac OS 7.6.1. However, some Color Classic users upgraded their machines with motherboards from [[Macintosh LC 575|Performa/LC 575]] units ("Mystic" upgrade),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/mystic.shtml|title="Mystic" Upgrade Questions|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011117084413/http://www.colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/mystic.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> while others have put entire [[Macintosh Quadra 630|Performa/LC/Quadra 630]] or successor innards into them ("Takky" upgrade).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/takky.shtml|title="Takky" Upgrade Questions|access-date=June 12, 2015|archive-date=August 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814113151/http://colourclassicfaq.com/mobo/takky.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> Another common modification to this unit was to change the display to allow 640 Γ 480 resolution, which was a common requirement for many programs (especially [[PC game|games]]) to run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powercc.org/640x480|title="640x480" Screen Resolution Upgrade|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=November 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003210/http://powercc.org/640x480/|url-status=live}}</ref> With the Mystic mod, the Color Classic uses the motherboard of the [[Macintosh LC 575]] which has a [[Motorola 68LC040]] CPU (at a speed of 33 MHz instead of 25 MHz) and is pin compatible with the Color Classic. A Color Classic with the Mystic upgrade can go up to Mac OS 8.1 (Mac OS 8.6 and newer require PowerPC processors). With the Takky mod, the case and connector need to be modded, but doing so will allow the use of a PowerPC 601, 603, or 604 equipped motherboard. A Color Classic with the Takky upgrade can go up to Mac OS 9.1 (Mac OS 9.2 and newer require a G3 processor). On Takky Color Classics, there is a way to upgrade the processor with a [[PowerPC 7xx|G3 CPU]], but it will only go up to Mac OS 9.2.2 as Mac OS X isn't officially supported.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://powercc.org/g3|title="G3" CPU Upgrade|access-date=February 27, 2018|archive-date=February 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180228041602/https://powercc.org/g3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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