Thanks Alan! I'll research those sites a bit this afternoon. I did a quick search yesterday and all I found were boards in the 400 to 500 USD range. I thought I could find them cheaper than that.
Cheers mate! --- Alan Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After XLR8 went out of business a couple years back > Daystar picked up > their products and has been selling the upgrades > since then, plus > various other things. They have G3 and G4 upgrades > already put together > for older PowerMacs, or you can get just a Carrier > ZIF card and put > another ZIF of your choosing in it. Their site is > still www.xlr8.com > > You can also check the Powerlogix( > www.powerlogix.com ) site for other > options there. Thus far their best is a 1GHz G3 card > that can beat the > Sonnet 800MHz on just about everything non-Altivec, > and can match it > for a couple of the Altivec-enhanced functions. > > MacGurus( www.macgurus.com ) and Other World > Computing( > eshop.macsales.com ) should both have XLR8 upgrades > for sale. OWC also > has a few Powerlogix upgrades offered as well. All > these upgrades are > around the $200 range, or less, at this point. You > can also purchase > direct from the XLR8/Daystar or Powerlogix website. > > - Alan > > On Jul 7, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Liam Logsdon wrote: > > > Hi Alan, > > > > Do you know a good website where Powerlogix and > XLR8 > > powerboards can be had? Just curious now what I > can do > > to pep mine up a bit more. Thanks! > > > > --- Alan Roberts > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >> Sonnet lists all the PCI Power Computing clones > as > >> compatible. > >> Actually, there is a fairly rare Power Tower Pro > >> motherboard revision > >> which does not work with Sonnet's G4 upgrades. > The > >> model number on the > >> board is PCC 5000-141-01, and is most commonly > found > >> in the PTP 250 > >> systems. The PTP boards underwent some redesign > >> near the end of the > >> clone era in preparation for shipping with > >> G3s(though full G3 systems > >> never made it out before Apple axed the whole > clone > >> program). Note that > >> Sonnet is the only one who seems to have issues > with > >> this. XLR8 solved > >> the problem in an early revision of their Carrier > >> years ago, and I > >> believe Powerlogix did as well. Sonnet was/is > just > >> too lazy to fix the > >> problem. > >> > >> - Alan > >> > >> On Jul 7, 2005, at 1:38 AM, Robert H. Baucom > wrote: > >>> > >>> BTW, I'm told the G4 board only works with > >> PowerTower Pros ... and > >>> Check your Motherboard part number against > Sonnets > >> Motherboard list. > >>> > > > -- > 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:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> > 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/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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:powercomputing@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
