Have an orangemicro card, somewhat iffy sometimes especially with firewire drives, but usb 1.1 seems to work ok. If I have a new choice, go with the Belton cards.
Jason White wrote: > > I recently bought an 8500 for my dad. (ala Switch commercials) My last > post regarded upgrading this machine as it's pretty basic right now. One > thing I feel I need to address rather quickly is the difficulty in > finding a serial printer for the machine. With several USB models that > should work, it doesn't make sense to try to find an older serial one. > However, I want to be sure I get a reliable one. I'm thinking a printer > an possibly a scroll wheel optical mouse will likely be the only things > plugged into the card. > > Price isn't as important as the following factors (not listed in any > order): > 1. Is it made in the U.S.? (probably not, but one can hope) > 2. How reliable is it? > 3. Ease of installation? > 4. Does the manufacturer have phone tech support? Toll free would be > better. > 5. What OS, RAM, and processor requirements does it have? > 6. If you have this card, how do you like it? > 7. Is the card still available new (i.e. best buy, circuit city, etc.)? > > This is only my second thread with this list and I'm guessing it's one of > the more poular topics here, so if there's a FAQ or a webpage somewhere > that explains some of this, I'd love to know that link. I'd also like to > hear personnal advice based on actually using the cards-avoid this > one..., or get this one..., as I've never used any of them, though I've > been thinking od adding one to my G4 tower to reduce some of the cable > clutter. (it's got 2 on the mobo already) > > Thanks, > > J White > > Buy American > S.O.S. Save Our Steel > > -- > 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/> > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
