Daystar put development time into the ROMs that the card used if that is what you mean. They also sold the card under their own name as well.
They were marketed for people who only wanted PowerPC application support and didn't want to buy a new mac like the Power Macintosh 6100. It did the job but the 601 is a terrible chip and both PPC and emulated 68K performance wasn't all that great on the mac. You're really wasting a 900 series Quadra if you're installing one.
One of the much more beefier PowerPC cards like the PowerPro 601 which came in 66, 80 and 100mhz speeds with 72 pin ram expansion and cache upgrades is a LOT nicer because it helps balance out the otherwise awful 601 chip but they are much more uncommon and expensive.
I've seen the cards on and off over the last two years at recyclers and they're usually $10-$20 each but most people if they wanted PPC they got a 6100.
They were marketed for people who only wanted PowerPC application support and didn't want to buy a new mac like the Power Macintosh 6100. It did the job but the 601 is a terrible chip and both PPC and emulated 68K performance wasn't all that great on the mac. You're really wasting a 900 series Quadra if you're installing one.
One of the much more beefier PowerPC cards like the PowerPro 601 which came in 66, 80 and 100mhz speeds with 72 pin ram expansion and cache upgrades is a LOT nicer because it helps balance out the otherwise awful 601 chip but they are much more uncommon and expensive.
I've seen the cards on and off over the last two years at recyclers and they're usually $10-$20 each but most people if they wanted PPC they got a 6100.