I'm guessing my PPT 225 with it's six slots is along the same design, 
right?  I never thought I would appreciate six slots, but they sure 
are coming in handy along the way.

Is this the same motherboard of which you speak?
Larry

>Folks,
>
>If you're keen to pursue this hack, you might like to consider that the
>six-slot Mac Tsunami mother-boards - as used in the 9500, 9600 and some clones
>- have dual PCI controllers. In other words the PCI is split - top three slots
>to one controller, bottom three slots to the other. There's an Apple tech note
>describing how the split works. You'll have to look it up, though.
>
>So - given that QX loads the PCI bus to the max, the wise hacker would take a
>six-slot Mac, dedicate one group of three to graphics with their 
>Radeon card in
>there, and devote the other group to (say) multi-channel music cards or
>whatever. Split and balance the load, anyway. I'm sure you get the idea.
>
>I always knew there was a reason why I didn't trash that old 9500...
>
>rgds

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