> I have a Quicksilver (with an ATI Radeon 9800Pro) ... if you're > giving away that Cinema ... I have room for it in my studio ... > > Oh ... you might consider getting another video card with correct > connectors for the Cinema ... > > As much as I hate giving up a freebee ... > > Bill Connelly > artsite:http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio > myspace:http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio
Well, as much as I'd like to move everything into the "new" G5 and set the G4 out to pasture, I'm dragging along so much old hardware baggage from the past, like that ADC Cinema Display, that the G4 will have to go into a sort of active retirement to continue running some of it. The G5 just can't take it all on. For example, I was naive enough to think that I could just buy a PCIx SCSI card for the G5 and keep running my high-end Minolta Dimage film scanner with it (scans both medium format and 35mm), but no such luck. SCSI has apparently been practically discarded from desktop computing. I take a look at OWC and find out that SCSI cards for G5s are in the $400 range, rare and exotic beasts with prices to match. So, instead of being discarded, the old Quicksilver will probably have to be set off in a corner somewhere hooked up to this 24" Cinema Display and running the Minolta film scanner, plus an old Relysis SCSI flatbed scanner with a glass bed big enough to scan maps and things, and who knows what else around here that the G5 can't run. The scans from the G4 will have to be brought over to the G5 in a flash drive or something. (Sigh.) Just can't afford to upgrade everything all at once. Still looking for an affordable non-Apple 22-24" LCD monitor for the G5 that is comparable in visual quality to a Cinema Display. If no such thing exists, I'll just have to buy that $100 Apple adapter to make the old ADC Cinema Display work with the G5. Then the G4 will get one of the old CRT monitors still sitting around here to use with the scanners etc. Upgrading computers is such a hassle. . . Tom --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
