APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Wed May 1 11:48:10 2002

... well ... it's not a safe assumption. I've got a couple of Performas that
I bought yesterday for ~$10 for the two (plus tax). They work fine, but you
know they don't have PCI compatablity.

It's good to know about that, though. This USB-2 seems to hold out a lot of
promise, particularly with the low cost of the boards.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Finnegan" <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor


> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > Does the MAC support USB? How about USB-2? 5-port boards for the PC cost
> > about $20.
> >
> > Dick
>
> It should work, assuming you have a new enough Mac or a something that'll
> accept a PCI USB card. In case you didn't notice, the iMac is all USB
> (except for its modem or ethernet connection IIRC). About the oldest
> things to support PCI however are the 7200, 7500, 82xx and 92xx, I think.
> You should, in fact, be able to pretty cheaply pick up a Mac clone - those
> will almost definately have PCI, and will be cheaper than an Apple Mac
> computer with the same configuration. The only problem I've seemed to
> notice is that my PowerBase 200 (built from free and spare parts) has a
> completely retarded case design and a somewhat slow bus speed. With cost
> cuts come crappier hardware designs I guess.
>
> -- Pat
>
>
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 11:48:10 BST

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