on 6/29/02 8:31 PM, Alan Miller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "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)
I think I'm going to follow A. T.'s advice and look into the Firewire, try to keep moving forward, toward the future (I may catch up to the present if I persist) > >> 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 What are you supposed to do with it? > >> 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....... I know. I sold two for NuBus/PDS Macs and kinda wish I had them back. > -- > 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. > > Thanks for the responses All. -- All the best, R.A. Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- 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
