Just saw this on <xlr8yourmac.com>. I know there has been at least one list member trying to flash PC ATI cards with Mac firmware. This just might do the trick, and give the rest of us the option of buying the cheaper PC version of the ATI Radeon 7000 (and even the use 64MB version not available yet for Mac- only 32 MB Mac version available).
Reader's Comments on Flashing PC Radeon 7000 64MB for Mac Use - I've not kept track of attempts/hacks to flash PC Radeon 7000 cards with Mac roms in the forum (which is down now - ice/snow storm here so it may be a day or so before I can get down to work on it). A reader wrote this weekend that he's been able to flash a PC 64MB 7000 Radeon card for use in his Mac: "Hi Mike, i wrote saturday that the PC ATI 7000 64 MB DDR PCI is now running on my g3 beige. I added some information (at the beginning of the tread) as a summary in english. It is a german forum, but i think foreigners will getting answers in english. I like your page very much and i thought it was time to give something back to the great xlr8yourmac comunity. To make it easier here is the full LINK <http://www.falkemedia.com/cgi-bin/forum/forum.cgi?board=hardware;action=dis play;num=1045243482> , direct to the www.maclife.de Forum Tread for the information of getting a PC ATI 7000 64 MB DDR PCI to work in an MAC. Cheers, Pete. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
