On Tuesday, January 28, 2003, at 04:01 PM, KC Hundere wrote: > My PTP is chuck full. 6 PCI cards: 3 TwinTurbo128s (driving 3 > AppleVision
do the Twin Turbo's work under OS X? I was looking at the software download for them and it says not tested with OS X. anyone else using Twin Turbo video cards with OS X ? > 1710s) a SIIG 2 port USB card, a Sonnet ATA-66, and an Asante 100mb > ethernet > card. Processor upgrade is a XLR8 G3-400 1mb. > > All the drive bays are full too: On the internal SCSI buss is a Apple > 8X > CDRom, an Exabyte 8505 Tape drive, Orb 2.2, and a Zip100. On the ATA > card > are a Maxtor 80gb, Seagate 20gb, a Sony 12X CDRW, and a removable > drive bay. > > Very solid on 9.1, tho the Orb drive gets lost every so often, > screwing up > the bus. Installed Jaguar (on a removable 10gb) to play, and > everthing came > up functioning well, except there's no support for my Astra 2100U > scanner. > > I topped out the memory to 1gb, and 10.2 runs better than on my > daughter's > G4-400. > > I love this machine! > > On 1/28/03 11:52 AM, "David Chiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can't answer your question in respect to the PCI slot usage, but as >> far as >> IDE is concerned... I don't think you will notice much difference. >> Most IDE >> drives' through put max out at around 35MB/s (100% sequential read, >> 64k >> transfer size) regardless of interface rating. All IDE drives should >> be >> backward compatible right down to PIO mode, so what interface card >> you have is >> not terribly important. In particular if you consider that 32 bit PCI >> at 33MHz >> has a theoretical burst transfer rate of 133MB/s (in real life it is >> unlikely >> to ever reach that) I think an ATA/66 card is more than adequate. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Power Computing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 10:11 AM >> Subject: ATA card, 5 of 6 PCI slots used, Video cards >> >> >> : I am upgrading a PowerTowerPro 225, to a sonnet G3 500 card. I >> want >> : to install a larger hard drive. I have been looking at ATA/PCI >> cards. >> : I am guessing I should get the fasted ATA card I can get ? an >> : ATA/133? Will my power computing mahine be able to utilize the >> speed >> : provided by an ATA/133 card, vs an ATA/66 card? >> : >> : I was looking at the Sonnet Tempo ATA/133 card. is any brand >> better >> : than another? Maybe I should ask it as, what brands does anyone >> have >> : any experience with? >> : >> : does anyone have a powertower pro with all 6 pci slots used? >> : currently I have 2 ATI video cards (slot 5 & 6). 1 Keyspan USB card >> : (slot3), 1 MacAlly Firewire Card (not her yet), and I am about to >> : purchase an ATA card. I want to keep this as painless as >> possible. >> : I have read on here to keep the USB card in slot 1. Other than >> that >> : any tips or advice? >> : >> : what would be the bottom line video card to get the most out of my >> G3 >> : processor? currently I am running 1 ATI claimVR pro 8mb. The >> second >> : card is a ATI Xclaim, that came out of a stock power computing power >> : wave 604 150. >> : > > > -- > Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> > --> 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]> > List archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
