>We have 2 machines: a new 'Calibur and a "preowned" 'Scan that is hooked up >to a Quadra 650. To make the 'Scan a little more user friendly (and get some >of the traffic off the Calibur), I'd like to upgrade the Quadra to a G3. > >However, since the BD card in the Quadra that communicates with the 'Scan is >a nubus card, it will not simply fit in to the PCI bus slot in the G3. Is it >possible to use a PCI bus to nubus adapter? > >Any other ideas, other than spending $12,000 for a PCI bus card? > >Thanks, > >Calman Looking on the Apple web site in the Products section I found the following... (I think the products guide on the Apple site in an excellent but underutilised resource) Xpanse PCI-to-NuBus Xpansion Chassis Systems by Second Wave Inc. Version: Description: External expansion chassis systems which connect to the PCI slot of a Power Macintosh to allow Macintosh users to continue to use their NuBus cards; includes PCI interface card, interface cable and an external expansion chassis with 2, 4 or 8 NuBus slots. System Requirements: PCI Product compliance for year 2000 standards: Not Known Company Information: Second Wave Inc. 2525 Wallingwood Drive#13 Austin, TX 78746-6932 USA Order Phone: 512-329-9283 then press 5 Main Phone: +1 (512)3299283 Company E-mail: secdwave@flash.net Company URL: http://www.2ndwave.com/ Availability: Commercial Product Updated: Mar 3, 1999 I have no idea if it would work the the BD card though... The other alternative would be to buy a second hand 7100 or 8100 and buy a G3 upgrade for it (with all the compromises that entails, like still having a small hard disk, inferior graphics sub-system etc) Adrian Smith
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