Well, I haven't heard much about the whole thing, but I read on the web
("Low End Mac" I think it was) that the 3400 is already cardbus enabled, so
I would have thought that you could just add any Mac compatible cardbus card
in, and away you go, without the 'conversion'.But I am not certain on any of this, it seems stupid to market a product (ie, the conversion) that doesn't actually do anything, so I may well be wrong. Good luck anyway... On 19/1/03 9:16 AM, "Gerald R.Homeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Folks! > I'm new to powerbooks and this list and hope I can tap all your apparent > wisdom. I recently acquired an excellent loaded PB 3400/180, and would > like to use USB with it to enable me to use an IDE/USB hard drive to > back up the drives on my 3400 as well as my 8500/G3 using retrospect. I'm > using OS 8.6 on the 8500 and plan to use it on the 3400 as I'm > comfortable with it and don't want to change. I planned to do the MCE > cardbus conversion with the cardbus 2.1 USB card but in my searching I've > come to the conclusion that you have to use OS X to support and use 2.1 > otherwise it runs at 1.1 speed. Can't see paying $150.00 to convert to > cardbus with a Macally USB card if it's only going to run at 1.1. I'm > also told the older USB cards for the unconverted 3400 are very > expensive. Would appreciate your knowledge and suggestions for a > solution. Thanks to all who can help. > > THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE! > -- PowerBooks 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> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
