Is there a preferred model according to card function for installation of PCI cards into slots A to E of Kansas and Tsunami logic boards?
I have seen , but cannot rediscover, (perhaps folklore) references to the desirability of placing SCSI host adapters into slot A, which I do and find to be satisfactory. I also place video cards into F and ethernet into E with satisfactory results. That obliges use of FireWire and USB cards in B, C or D. A USB-only card in slot C is presently giving me three copies of its data in ASP. If Apple's own Developer literature is to be believed as negative confirmation, all slots are bus-master capable, but ...
I use a similar hierarchy in the admittedly fewer slots of NuBus machines, wherein SCSI host adapters don't often (Q950/WGS95 excepted) feature. If nothing else, consistent slot assignment makes finding rear connectors of the cards from the fronts of the machines much easier.
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(60x) 13DT + 3PB + PTPro; (G3) 7DT/MT; (G4) 3T + PB. System 8.1 to OS 10.5.8
I have seen , but cannot rediscover, (perhaps folklore) references to the desirability of placing SCSI host adapters into slot A, which I do and find to be satisfactory. I also place video cards into F and ethernet into E with satisfactory results. That obliges use of FireWire and USB cards in B, C or D. A USB-only card in slot C is presently giving me three copies of its data in ASP. If Apple's own Developer literature is to be believed as negative confirmation, all slots are bus-master capable, but ...
I use a similar hierarchy in the admittedly fewer slots of NuBus machines, wherein SCSI host adapters don't often (Q950/WGS95 excepted) feature. If nothing else, consistent slot assignment makes finding rear connectors of the cards from the fronts of the machines much easier.
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(60x) 13DT + 3PB + PTPro; (G3) 7DT/MT; (G4) 3T + PB. System 8.1 to OS 10.5.8