Boys be careful!, If you plug a Nubus-card in an appropriate PowerPC, you will run into driver problems. The driver installer checks for the processor and will take the wrong driver that won't talk to the Nubus-card. If you plug a G3 to a FACScan, in addition to the driver problem, hardware modifications to the FACScan interface kit (in the 'Scan) have to be done. So, you will need, at least, the PCI card from BD (or does anybody knows a clone?). So, never change a running system. (The Quadra is still a nice Mac) Thomas Zielinski Adrian Smith wrote: > >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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