On Saturday, Sep 7, 2002, at 17:25 Europe/London, Ben wrote:

> If I was as keen as you, I'd try to find a PC shop which allowed me to
> bring in my G3, set it up, and try the card out with any firmware 
> updates
> (which the table indicates NONE are needed - ya think so?).
> This way, if you are not hated by the guys, and they are exceptionally 
> good
> to you, you might be able to try it and only buy it IF it works.
> Maybe you have a friend who is a very big customer, so there is enough 
> goodwill
> there for you to try it, and the shop let you risk a card :)
>
> Good luck finding such a shop Mark

Ahhhhahahaha, yeh right! LOL ;) I will just blow a stupid amount of 
money on a half chance and if it doesn't work I'll get rid of it 
somehow.

> let us know, or go and take the risk on your own!

It wouldn't be a total loss - I can just backup the old BIOS before I 
flash the Mac BIOS onto the card and if it all goes pear-shaped I can 
just flash it back to a PC card and use it/sell it for a PC.

> PS. Are you posting daily, or is it just me.. :)

I am investigating a lot of issues about my G3. Yes I do tend to post 
daily.

> Is this card better than a Radeon, or is it much much cheaper - or are 
> you really really bored :)

The PCI GeForce 2 MX 200 I just bought for the project was �58. The 
cheapest Radeon I can get is a Radeon 700 which sticks compared to the 
GeForce 2 MX. A Radeon Mac Edn PCI which is about the same quality as 
the GeForce 2 MX is very rare at all here not to mention cripplingly 
expensive, the only one i even know about went for �175.

All prices in UK Sterling.

-- 
Mark Benson

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