[geeks] mac g3 upgrade cards

[Big Endian]

>On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 12:25:40PM -0400, Big Endian wrote:
>>  I've heard good things about XLR8.  I personally use some 200mhz 604e
>>  card from Newertech and I love it.  I've had no issues.  It even
>>  works with the slower cache module from my 8500.  G3s obviously don't
>>  care about that thing but I think newertech is a good buy.  I like
>>  the Mach Carrier cards from xlr8 just by design but Newertech also
>>  has one out there.  The only downside to newertech is that they
>>  closed up shop here in january so the stuff is going to be hard to
>>  find/ get support for/etc.
>
>I'm debating between the zif-carrier card from XLR8, or the straight
>G3/400 card from Sonnet:
>
>http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=2907&Item=SG400C512
>http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=3005&Item=XGZM333
>
>Both are under $200.
>
>Bill
>
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>Bill Bradford
>mrbill at mrbill.net
>Austin, TX
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How long do you intend to keep the 7600 around before you buy a 
completely new system?  The only advantage of the carrier is 
upgradeability.
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