Hi,
I have an 8500 also
Using the sonnet G3-400/1MB works fine, not sure if $40 for another 50mhz is
worth it.
I removed the ram the unit came with (70ns) and install 448mb ram 2x32 2x64
2x128 all interleaved, works fine for me
Using an Xlr8 USB for my microsoft optical USB mouse, works out fine and was
cheap from OWC.
Also went to the trouble of getting an ACARD IDE to UWSCSI sled and a 68 to
50 pin converter so I can use IDE drives and capture video without
stuttering (works fine sofar).
I had tried the U66 ACARD IDE controller and it was fast but skipped on
video like crazy, same with acard UWSCSI card on PCI bus, Basically PCI for
audio storage sucks on my 8500.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gordon Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: PCI PowerMacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 4:05 PM
Subject: 8500 upgrade questions
> Hello:
>
> I plan on upgrading my 8500/180 during the next few weeks and I had some
> questions.
>
> 1) I have all eight ram slots filled with 16MB dimms. Two of these are the
> original Apple memory, which I assume runs at 70ns. The other six dimms
> are Newer Technology 60ns. Obviously all this ram is interleaved. I plan
> on adding a 450MHz G3 card from Sonnet. I've heard that sometimes people
> have to de-interleave their ram when adding G3 cards. What is other
> people's experience with this? Could the 70ns ram cause me trouble?
>
> 2) Does anyone have comments on adding a USB PCI card to their 8500? I
> have been looking at the Belkin 2-port model as I was considering the
> Apple Pro Mouse. Are there problems with this sort of setup?
>
> 3) This question kind of ties into question 2 above. Instead of the USB
> card, would a Macally ADB mouse work sufficiently? Does anyone use this
> mouse?
>
> 4) Lastly, I have been leaning towards the 450MHz Sonnet card, but the
> 400MHz is about $40 cheaper. Is 50MHz worth $40?
>
> Thank you for comments on this!
>
> Gordon Hawley
>
>
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