"R.A. Cantrell" wrote: > Looking around inside the 7600 I am prompted to inquire. > > 2. Since the 7600 has no IDE bus (got it confused with the Beige G3 I > guess) and the CD player is SCSI, I should forget finding a CD burner for > internal installation and just get a USB card and external burner?
Get a SCSI external CD-RW as you will not be happy with a USB burner (slow at best) > 3.The bus (0) that the drives are on is marked Fast SCSI, and the slot next > to it (empty) is marked Standard SCSI. What's that slot meant for? It is another port to the external (slow) SCSI > 4. The Rom is on the board, Right? So the Rom slot is perma-empty? Yes > 5. If I decided to get an IDE/ATA pci card, could I run two HD's and a CD > burner off it? What is the routing for the IDE data cable from the card to > devices? Yes with the drives, some will let you run 4, but some people are having problems with CD-RW's on an IDE PCI card. > 6. One more time . . .there are no 56k pci modems for the Mac, right? No, use and external serial modem > 8. I still need a CPU G3/300+ and have tons of stuff (or at least > several hundred pounds) to swap Keep looking, buy one if you must....... most people will not trade off a G3 card for older macs....... -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ 6400/200 w/ Sonnet G3/300/1 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
