I wrote Sonnet and asked them about the "problems" if
interested below is their company line, replies to me are running
about 2 to 1 favorable, to those who have upgraded. Thank you to all
who have taken time to write me with your experiences, it is helpful
and very nice of you.
Interesting note on the Ram Doubler, some have reported this
is unusable with the G3 card, wonder if those who have had the
problem agree that a reinstall after the upgrade fixes this problem,
as RAM is an issue.
And what is the bug in 8.6-that is apple's problem and is not
there in 8.1 or 9.1, is it possible to fix 8.6 with a minor extension
change from 8.1 to 8.6. I have both 8.1 and 8.6 but find 8.6 more
stable on my 6100 G3 (Newer) and like Sherlock.
Thanks all from Big Lake
Geoff
Drill in George W's Back Yard not mine- Save The Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge-The last wilderness left.
From: support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Geoffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Geoffrey,
That's partially correct. About 10% of those folks that upgrade with our
card will run smack into a bug in OS 8.6, 9.0 and 9.04 that involves sound
playback. This is not our bug (it's Apple's) but the presence of a G3 chip
brings it out. If it was our bug, it would happen 100% of the time. But it
doesn't. We've never been able to establish a pattern of what machine will
have a problem and which one won't. It's not our bug to fix.
So most of the unlucky 10% just stick with OS 8.5.1 or lower since the bug
isn't there. Or they upgrade to OS 9.1 since the bug was fixed there by
Apple.
Hope that clears it up for you and makes your buying decision easier. Just
buy our card from someone who'll give you a 14 to 30 day money back. You'll
know instantly if you have the bug or not. Play a QT movie and your machine
will lock up hard. If it plays fine, you don't have it.
About the only other thing we've noticed is that lots of PB1400s still use
RAM Doubler and Speed Doubler with their machines and those apps should be
de-installed and re-installed with the G3 in place. They tend to throw a fit
if you switch processors on them after they've been installed. Personally, I
recommend pitching them since they're no longer supported by Connectix.
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