Re: Enhanced LC PDS expansion cards
At 10:02 +0800 on 16/08/01, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I think it was mostly for accelerators and video cards. ...and I don't know of a single accelerator that used 'em. All the accelerators I know of for the LC-class Macs were compatible with all of 'em, so they couldn't have used the extra pins. I haven't seen a video card that did either, but info on LC video cards is a bit sparse. What about those MediaVision PAS-16 sound cards for the LC slot? National Instruments boards for the LC slot? It's the obscure stuff that might have needed it.. p _ the pickle The FAQ http://macfaq.binhost.com/ The Archive http://www.jmug.org/software/thepickle/ _ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Enhanced LC PDS expansion cards
At 10:02 +0800 on 16/08/01, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I think it was mostly for accelerators and video cards. ...and I don't know of a single accelerator that used 'em. All the accelerators I know of for the LC-class Macs were compatible with all of 'em, so they couldn't have used the extra pins. I haven't seen a video card that did either, but info on LC video cards is a bit sparse. What about those MediaVision PAS-16 sound cards for the LC slot? National Instruments boards for the LC slot? It's the obscure stuff that might have needed it.. Sorry, should have specified that I was guessing. The extra pins widen the expansion bus to 32bits. I've never actually seen an LCIII card, even though I've seen some LC cards on boards that had solder points for an LCIII connector. Probably went the same way as the Commodore128 and the //gs Peace Aqua -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Enhanced LC PDS expansion cards
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 10:02 +0800 on 16/08/01, Andrew W. Hill wrote: I think it was mostly for accelerators and video cards. ...and I don't know of a single accelerator that used 'em. All the accelerators I know of for the LC-class Macs were compatible with all of 'em, so they couldn't have used the extra pins. I haven't seen a video card that did either, but info on LC video cards is a bit sparse. What about those MediaVision PAS-16 sound cards for the LC slot? National Instruments boards for the LC slot? It's the obscure stuff that might have needed it.. The MacCon LC NIC in the Performa 550 I don't have anymore had _holes_ for the extended PDS connector and some other missing bits. Dunno what kind of extra features it would've had if those parts were installed. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ 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/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
