Pete said...most of post sniped ;-)
Another explanation is that maybe half the rom is no longer writeable or locked - unlikely though.....interesting little problem.....and I was just about to try the 9000+ series...
A number of people have had luck with 9000+ cards but I don't really need one
at this time.But I'm sure there would be a market for them . No telling how
long the cards which can be flashed will be available. Not long I'd guess at this
point.
Are these flashed 9000 cards PCI or AGP? If PCI, where are they getting the firmware? Are they putting the firmware for the Mac AGP card on the PC PCI cards?
time ;-) I picked up a very clean Power Tower Pro almost for free! i've got an > I don't really like Tower machines which is why I have the J700 but would like
having the 6 PCI slots that all work correctly! I've not yet checked how hard it
would be to put the Power motherboard in the J700. I know it will fit but will
the Umax power supply work with it or will the Power power supply fit in the
Umax box? Can I figure out how to live with a Tower machine ....One day i'll
The PCC power supply can go in the Umax box. It is a standard ATX power supply, so if you want something more than 250 watts, you can pick up any standard ATX power supply for the PTP. That was one of the nice things about the PCC machines.
The PTP motherboard should also fit in the Umax case, with the usual caveats about SIMM sockets and such possibly bumping into drive bays. I don't know how that will play out. You would still need an I/O Gasket or EMI shield--that piece of sheet metal that fits nicely around the ports in back and fills the standard sized rectangular space on the back of every ATX case.
There's a template for the rear plate for a PTP on my ftp/web space. Go to <http://www.io.com/~trag> or <http://www.jeffwalther.com> (the latter will have a bottom banner) and get the file "PTP_template". It's a pict so you'll need to open it on your desktop after downloading, not in a web browser.
It has scale lines on it. Okay, too much trouble to explain. I wrote this all up once and I just found the file. Instead of getting the pict listed above get "PTP_to_ATX.sea.hqx" which is a binhexed and Stuffed self extracting (after you un-binhex it) file. It has the template pict, an image of a rear panel built using this template and a brief read_me explaining how to use the template. One thing I didn't mention in the read_me is that while the Dremel is nice for the big cutting, a nice set of files, or at least one metal file is nearly essential to finish the thing. I bought a nice set of ten or fifteen small files in the gems & Jewelry section of Ebay for a small amount I don't remember--certainly under $15 and probably under $10, but that was years ago.
If there are any problems with the file please let me know. If any one is on the Power Computing list and if there is some repository over there, similar to the one Kennedy so kindly runs for SuperMacs, feel free to shoot the file over to them. It was also available on the MacGurus ftp server, but I'm not sure if they got the ftp server back up since they revamped. I know they managed to save the content (of the ftp server), but it may not be available.
Jeff Walther
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