>Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 16:24:16 -0400 >From: Alan Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>And do you really need 6 slots anyway, none of mine are full....... and if you >put drives in the bottom of the box they will block one of the PCI >slots in the >9600. I have an ATA PCI card in the 9600 and the 9650 (server) has >an ultra SCSI >card, so now between the video and the extra drives I have a 4 slot machine. Two SCSI cards for high performance RAID, two video cards for dual monitors, FW/USB, Wired4DVD and I'm still a card short for ATA support. Of course, I could buy a video card that has two heads or get the Sonnet Trio. But the point is, it's easy to fill six slots and still want more. Isn't it possible to run two monitors on the 8500/8600 without a video card? I seem to remember something about having 4 MB of VRAM installed and you can use the built-in monitor port and the video-out both as displays for your Mac. You only get 2 MB VRAM alotted to each or some such, but that's what my kind of vague wet ware tells me. Jeff Walther -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
