I'm using a Tempo 133 right now, & I can tell you it works without a hitch. There is some supplied software you can utilize, should you encouter audio or video stutter due to bottleneckng at your computer's system bus, I've never actually neede the software on my S900, which I believe runs at the same bus speed as your PowerTower. As for USB & FireWire, I'm using the Sonnet Tango. Not the most frugal choice, but vey reliable. It has two USB ports, two external FireWire ports, & one intenal FireWire ports, all of which are powered, so you can utilize bus-powered FireWire devices, if need be. Be careful, though, as OS X is a bit picky about PCI cards. I would remove all but the graphics card & the Tempo for installation.
-Antonio James Elliott wrote: >I'm getting my PowerTower Pro ready to run OS X. At the moment, I'm >just waiting for a hard drive to arrive. I've been looking at IDE, >FireWire, and USB cards. >I plan on using three internal IDE drives (Zip, CD-RW, DVD), so I >need a card with two buses. Has anyone had any trouble with Sonnet's >Tempo 100? That's the direction that I'm leaning in. >As for FireWire, I saw a MacSense 3 port FireWire card for under >twenty bucks at http://www.MegaMacs.com. Any caveats? >USB-wise, I'm considering a Xircom 2 port USB card, also at MegaMacs. >I'd love to hear if anyone's had any problems with those cards or has >recommendations for any others. I'm still living in a SCSI and ADB >world, so I'm trying not to makr any dumb mistakes. > >-James > > > > -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
