Hi, On 14 Aug, this message from Björn Söderqvist echoed through cyberspace: > Can powermacs use PCI cards built for PC?
In theory, most of them, yes. > I have a 7600/132 and a > Realtek 8139 NIC, it would be fun to use two networks so I could use > the computer as a router. Yes, that will one will work (mostly) ok. The limitation you will hit is throughput, since for one the 8139 is one of the worst FastEthernet chips ever designed, imposing a heavy load on the PCI bus and the host processor. And for two, the PCI implementation of these early PCI Macs was not _so_ great. But the 8139 are relatively easy to get working, and most importantly, dirt cheap. > I guess that PCs and Macs use different PCI standards, and holy smoke > will come out of the mac if I put the card in. No, PCI is PCI is PCI. On every platform. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
