If you haven't given up on old Nubus systems, like Power Mac 8100/7100/6100 series or the Quadra series you can use Ultra 2 SCSI drives in your systems.

You cannot have a differential feature, that is 12 meter cable length in PCI based Macintosh or PC’s without a PCI Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD), Low Voltage Differential Card, since Macintosh logic boards and PC mother boards do not support the Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) feature. Earlier, support for differential drives were available only on high end workstations. Now Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) Cards are available for Macs and PCs.

Answer: NuBus cards cannot be used in this Power Macintosh. However, to preserve your investment in NuBus technology, a NuBus expansion chassis for PCI will be available from Second Wave, Inc. This chassis will enable you to continue to use your existing NuBus cards in Power Macintosh systems with PCI slots.

Only Ultra SCSI (8 bit) drives can be connected internally or externally. Ultra SCSI 16-bit drives have to be connected via a PCI Card. Ultra SCSI (16 bit) can be used with a card but a performance gap of 40 MB/s exists since Ultra SCSI (16 bit) offers only 40 MB/s (max). Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) is highly recommended if planning to gain maximum performance with a PCI card.

Power Macintoshes are not based on Motorola's 68k chips and therefore are not covered by this port. There are several ports available however. Initially, there was Apple's (now defunct) microkernel mkLinux port and the monolithic kernel Linux/PPC aka PenguinPPC. The latter port does not currently support non-PCI Macs, but there is a port available for NuBus PowerMacs.

quot;In order for the Finder to recognize a hard disk, the hard disk must be switched on and up to speed before you start up (or restart) the computer. Switch on the hard disk, wait about 10 seconds for it to come up to speed, and then restart the computer." quot;IMPORTANT: Always turn on any external SCSI devices connected to your Macintosh before turning on the computer itself. Otherwise, your computer cannot recognize the SCSI devices."

Only the Power Macintosh 8100 series has an internal Fast-SCSI port which limits the Xfer rate to a 10 MB/sec maximum. The rest of the earlier macs do not have a Fast II Scsi Port. Therefore, they are limited to a Xfer rate of 5 MB/s internally or externally.

Yes! The fact that these power supplies are AMD-approved for use with their Athlon processor is an added bonus; the power supply can be used with PCs containing a processor from Intel or any other manufacturer.

Ultra SCSI, defined in the SPI-2 document of SCSI-3 offers a maximum data throughput of 20 Mbytes/sec for Narrow (8-bit) SCSI. Ultra Wide SCSI is the 16-bit version that offers 40 Mbytes/sec data transfers. Ultra Wide single-ended SCSI has a maximum cable length of 1.5 m (5 ft) with more than 4 active IDs and 3 m (10 ft) with 4 or fewer active IDs. Ultra Wide differential SCSI has a maximum cable length of 25 m (82 ft).

Question: Does my Power Macintosh have an FPU (Floating Point Unit/Math coprocessor)? I see errors that an FPU is not installed. Answer: All PowerPC processor chips, which all Power Macintosh computers use, have an integrated FPU. You may be seeing the "FPU not installed" error for two reasons: You are running "conventional" software in 68K emulation. This operating mode does not provide access to the computer's floating point unit. Thus, the program does not work.

G. In the development of the SandblasterT DSP, Sandbridge's architects and engineers focused on creating an architecture that can achieve the best results in computational efficiency for algorithms typically found in advanced protocols such as W-CDMA and CDMA2000. Use of a multi-threading approach allows many simultaneous time-critical tasks and minimizes inefficiencies found in traditional software-running-on-DSP approaches.

No. In fact, they'll likely be supported for years and years. NeXTSTEP, the ancestor of Mac OS X, supported "fat binaries," which are single application bundles that contain executables compiled for multiple platforms. This means one app that can run on different processors freely. Mac OS X also supports this, and Jobs called them "universal binaries" in the keynote. This means application developers can automatically compile a single version of the app that will run on either PPC or x86 Macs.

Section 12- Kernel Programming Questions Answers to common questions about kernel programming details. See also Tigran Aivazian's page on kernel programming.

We use both platforms at our summer computer camps. Most of our courses are taught on PC's, but we attempt to mirror the industry standard in each of our summer camp courses. For example, our programming courses are typically taught on PC's and our digital video courses are generally taught on Macs. We find that it is an important skill to be proficient on BOTH platforms.

The graphics industry uses both Mac and IBM computers but our program primarily uses MacIntosh computers. Software is available in both platforms and students with home PCs generally have few problems. The College network is PC-based and all Algonquin students are currently provided with an e-mail account, access to the internet, dial-in access from home, and use of the Access and Online Learning Centres, rooms with over 100 computers dedicated to student access 24 hours a day.

Macs are more stable, easier to network, are not virus-prone, and require considerably less maintenance.

Unfortunately, CaptureCAM™-PRO is designed for use with Windows only. However CCS files and Flash video files that you create can be played back on MACs.

This is really a personal preference, and the choice really depends on user needs. Both Macintosh and Windows PC's will work equally well on the Pitzer network. In general, Macs tend to be easier to use, but Windows computers tend to be significantly less expensive and can run a wider variety of programs.

The Mac software can be downloaded for free from the Palm Web site: http://www.palm.com/support/downloads/#macdesktop

SeaPort-e is a tool by which all Virtual SYSCOM activities can obtain cost effective services through competitive and efficient means. SeaPort-e is available for use in conducting competitive unrestricted procurements and also set-aside procurements within the small business, 8(a), Hubzone, and Small Disadvantaged Veteran Owned small business sub-categories. These contracts are not intended to nor will they be used to procure any personal services or services which are inherently governmental.

To make changes to a previously printed order, alert your Customer Service Representative. Minor changes (e.g., changing a few words or a U.Ed. number) can be relayed to your Customer Service Representative, but in the case of more extensive changes, we may ask that you make the changes to the original file and resubmit that file to us. Contact a Customer Service Representative at 814-865-7544 for more information.

SCSI-1 is the "original" SCSI. It's an 8-bit bus with a maximum 5 MB/sec transfer rate. As DV requires 3.6 MB/sec sustained, SCSI-1 is generally too close to the edge for reliable DV transfers. Remember, that 5 MB/sec rate assumes no hiccups, and your computer has more to do than just wait around to dump DV data to/from the SCSI bus. SCSI-2, also known as "fast SCSI" or "fast narrow SCSI", doubles the data rate to 10 MB/sec.

Only Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) 8 bit drives can be connected. A fairly inexpensive drive can be used if more storage space is the only criteria.

Yes, PC’s with a PCI bus on their motherboards can take advantage of Ultra 2 SCSI (LVD) drives. You need a PC Ultra 2 SCSI controller to connect the drive. The data Xfer rate of a disk drive is one important parameter in the overall storage subsystem’s performance, but the data bus (50 Mhz, 66 Mhz, 100 Mhz), carries the data from the drive to the CPU. Microprocessor clock speed , SCSI controller support of a particular drive interface, Ultra SCSI, Ultra 2 SCSI etc.

This is a tough one to answer, instead we have made a performance Matrix that gives comparative analysis of drive performance parameters and features with their prices, so that an accurate decision can be made based on performance / price comparisions.

No, Ultra 2 SCSI drives are platform independent. Most of the workstations running UNIX have a SCSI 68-Pin connector or an 80-Pin SCA connector, you can install directly, internally or externally.

This is a discussion that will go on for some time and there is no simple answer. It depends on the application. At least until now, fibre channel (FC) implementations of SCSI have been FC-AL or FC-Arbitrated Loop, so I will limit my comments to FC-AL.