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!
> 


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