On 2/9/10 7:38 PM, Kris Tilford at <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, in my mind there isn't really room for an ATA card in a Beige. > With only three PCI slots, you need one for the Radeon video card, one > for a USB card, and one for a Firewire card. If you boot OS 9, the USB > card MUST be an OHCI USB 1.1 card, which means that for OS X you'll > probably want a combo card with USB 2.0 & Firewire 400 in one card.
Well, I think it is not *exactly* that way...;-) The most important thing to remember is that non-VIA USB 2.0 PCI cards (like the NEC I am using here) will do work on Mac OS 9, because these cards are backward-compatible. Obviously there is no support for high-speed data transfers under OS 9, but the card and the ports will work normally as USB 1.1. And AFAIK, non-VIA FireWire-USB combo cards are compatible Mac OS 9, too. -- MaGioZal. <http://flickr.com/magiozal/> -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
