--- 4444 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, if I understand this correctly, the quicksilver > card adapts the IIsi PDS > slot to use SE/30 cards because the IIsi PDS slot is > not like the SE/30 PDS slot.
The IIsi and SE/30 slots are the same except the IIsi runs faster. > Any ideas on how to adapt a quicksilver card (or a > powercache IIsi adapter > that I found) in order to use my "universal" > powercache card? You can hack up the metal frame of the SE/30 to use the IIsi PowerCache adaptor. The best choice is to find the Powercache adaptor made for the SE/30. Life with these old Macs would be soooo much easier had Apple simply used the exact same SE/30 and IIsi PDS on all the 68030 Macs! But noooo. SE/30 and IIsi use electrically and physically identical PDS connections. Then the IIci, the IIvi and IIvx come along with the same exact connector but with wires swapped around so that if you plug in an SE/30 or IIsi PDS card something will fry. But that wasn't good enough! Apple puts yet a different PDS in the LC and LCII then adds an extention to the connector for the LCIII which is in most of the 68k "Performa" line, including ones with a 68040 CPU and if I remember correctly a few of the PowerMacs. But there's also another PDS used in some of the non-Performa 68040 Macs! Had there been some semblance of looking beyond the next model in their engineering, Apple might've had a whole two different PDS setups, one for 030 and one for 040 models. Then the only extra needed would've been a right angle adaptor for the "pizza box" and all in one models. :P (Or cards with the connector on the side like ones for the LC series.) Who needs standardization? Who needs to set a course and stick to it instead of taking off on a new path with practically every new model? :P Definately not Apple between the time Steve Jobs left until the end of the Beige Era! I suppose that could be one reason why we stick with theese computers. It's the sheer annoyance factor of having to remember or lookup exactly what sort of PDS each one has and what will plug in. Will it work with an FPU on the card or not? Etc, etc. :) The Apple of iMac and beyond is way more standardized than it appears, compared to the Beige Era. Could be why some of us consider it a bit boring now. Oh look. _Another_ Mac with transparent plastic. *YAWN*. Gimmie a PowerMac in a Black, Square, BOX. Dual AGP (if it's possible) and at least five PCI slots. Then I'd go get a new Mac. :) ===== http://www.junkscience.com "All the Junk that's fit to Debunk!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
