SNIP > From: Sue Street <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: FW cards for B&W > > Hi All, > > I've got a B&W G3/350 (rev.2) running OS 9.2.2 (448 mb RAM, 60 + 6 gig > HD's). I have 2 free PCI slots and would like to add some additional FW > ports but am unsure what cards work best or are the most reliable in > terms of performance. > > I'd appreciate any suggestions > > Sue Street > Halifax, NS Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sue, I have had great luck with Belkin PCI cards. They are usually a little bit higher in price, but their Mac support (drivers, updates, etc ) is very good. Also Sonnet and Adaptec are good Mac supporters. The only issues I have seen on the B&W with PCI cards is when you are loading a new install of OS X . My daughters B&W would not load OS 10.3 with any PCI card installed other than the video card. You are running 9.2, so you should not have any issues. Keep that thought in mind when you go to load OS X. And you should load OS X if you can, it runs great in the B&W, and once you get used to it you won't go back to 9. Matter of fact I recently bought used B&W to replace their Beige boxes, because I could not keep the off of my G4 running X. Anyway, there are a number of options, most between $40.00 and $80.00 usd. Here is a couple of links for Belkin and others. http://www.welovemacs.com/adapters-firewire-adapters.html (about 8 cards on this page, including the new Sonnet 800 mbps) http://www.nextag.com/buyer/outpdir.jsp?nxtg=332480_04B72613814F455A&doSearc h=y&search=pci+firewire+mac ( about 15 different models) http://www.orangemicro.com/fwpci.html http://firewire.adaptec.com/ http://www.adstech.com/products/API_810/intro/API810_intro.asp?pid=API_810 Good Luck and Good Shopping, Wade Perry -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
