On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, John Ruschmeyer wrote:
Can someone
tell me whether the IIsi PDS slot is compatible with the PDS
slot on the IIfx? I know that the PDS slot in general is fairly different
between models, and the IIfx is fairly unique in a hardware context
anyway. What I want to do is use a PDS-based video card in a IIfx, and
it's a working pull from a IIsi...
Nope, it's not.
Basically, the II-series Macs have two PDS standards:
- IIsi and SE/30
- IIci, IIvi, IIvx, IIfx
I thought the IIci PDS slot was *only* for the cache card, no? I kind of
figured, when I looked more closely at the card and saw how different the
rear plate mount was..."Hmmm, that sure looks like the rear plate of that
SE/30 card..."
They are *not* interchangeable and supposedly you will
let out the magic
smoke.
Ya, that's what I've heard about trying to put the IIci cache card into
another PDS slot, since they're both that Euro-120 connector.
Barring that,
does anyone know if there was ever a 3rd party video card
for the PDS slot that is compatible with the IIfx?
I don't think that there were ever any PDS video cards for other than the
IIsi PDS. The IIci, etc. all had three-or-more open NuBUS slots, so there
seemed little reason to need one.
(Speaking of which, you have my curiousity up... why the desire for a
PDS video card instead of a NuBus one? Don't tell me I'm not the only person
to max out a 6-slot II-series Mac. :-)
Well, not quite, but close. I've got 2 nics, a CPS Hurdler, an 8*24GC, and
will soon attempt an gp-ib interface as well.
The reason I wanted to try the PDS card is that I was reading about how
the SE/30 could display complex graphics more quickly because of the speed
of the bus being so much faster than the pokey 10mhz nubus. The 8*24GC
doesn't work in accelerated mode under A/UX, and I was hoping I'd be able
to try something like a Supermac PDQ+ (since they're so cheap now).
Thanks for the info,
Aaron