Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-22 Thread MaGioZal
On 2/15/10 9:28 AM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: That's great to know. I only have experience with the VIA Combo card that isn't backwards compatible to OS 9, and also isn't very good in OS X. I wouldn't recommend a VIA card VIA Cards are usable only if the Mac has a system equal

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 4:38 AM, MaGioZal wrote: Well, I think it is not *exactly* that way...;-) The most important thing to remember is that non-VIA USB 2.0 PCI cards (like the NEC I am using here) will do work on Mac OS 9, because these cards are backward-compatible. Obviously there is no

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 15, 2010, at 3:38 AM, MaGioZal wrote: On 2/9/10 7:38 PM, Kris Tilford at ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: Also, in my mind there isn't really room for an ATA card in a Beige. With only three PCI slots, you need one for the Radeon video card, one for a USB card, and one for a Firewire card.

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Yeah, I have a USB2 card here in my PowerMac thats all black and has an NEC chipset. Works fine in OS9 on the BW but not on the Molar Mac (beige G3). Yes, and I now remember WHY that is. The Beige Macs had an earlier implementation of the

Re: [G3-5]Re: Beige Desktop Ram Question

2010-02-15 Thread Kasey Smith
On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 15, 2010, at 11:14 AM, Kasey Smith wrote: Yeah, I have a USB2 card here in my PowerMac thats all black and has an NEC chipset. Works fine in OS9 on the BW but not on the Molar Mac (beige G3). Yes, and I now remember WHY that is.