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- From: daver@sunspot.ssl.berkeley.edu (David Ray)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: PDS slot (was Re: LC II, PowerCache, IIsi)
- Message-ID: <17eo7eINN2o0@agate.berkeley.edu>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 01:53:50 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.172807.796@unine.ch> <1992Aug23.143413.3307@otago.ac.nz>
- Organization: Space Sciences Lab, UCB
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- In article <1992Aug23.143413.3307@otago.ac.nz> stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger) writes:
- >Patrick.Stadelmann@info.unine.ch (Patrick Stadelmann) writes:
- >>
- >> ... The only
- >> advantages I can think of for the si are its PDS that can be used as a
- >> Nubus slot...
-
- Question: Is there a basic difference between the PDS slots on the LCII
- and SI? It's long been accepted that LCII's can't use NuBus cards. Is
- this because of the 16 bit / 32 bit bus difference, or is it because there
- isn't physically enough room in the LCII? If it's just an issue of room,
- I'll bandsaw a hole in my LCII case and use the SI's NuBus adapter. :)
-
- >The si has more ...
- >options on the internal video (i.e. you can drive
- >more types of monitors straight out of the box).
-
- But it doesn't have built-in video support for VGA monitors, which only
- the LCII and Quadras have.
-
- -Dave
-