As I commented on in the previous auctions (this 12/8/00 news item and this 12/15/00 news item), these cards are the fan equipped G4 Cube versions (but would also fit G4 towers). Note that only G4 Cubes and G4 Gigabit Ethernet macs have the 28 volt connector on the motherboard to power the ADC port, but the VGA port would work in any AGP slot Mac of course. For Cube owners that bought before the BTO Radeon's were offered, this is the only Radeon card that fits (the retail Radeon card is too tall). If you're curious as to how the Radeon BTO/OEM card compares to the Rage128 Pro AGP, see my performance comparison article. For tests of the retail Radeon card, see this review.

Several readers replied they have gotten their cards from the last auction. The cards ship without drivers but you can get the ATI 1.0 Radeon driver update at ATI's drivers page. The card also requires the AGP bracket (end of card bracket) from an existing card.

" Important Note: At this time there is an incompatibility between all Texas Instruments based web cams (Pyro Webcam) and the built-in FireWire port on a PowerBook G3(Pismo) laptops made before June/July of 2000. PowerBook G3 (Pismo) laptops made after July of 2000 used a different chip, which corrected this issue. Apple and Texas Instruments are currently looking into a solution that will allow the camera to function in the older PowerBook G3 laptops, however at this time the only workaround is to use a FireWire CardBus card and attach the Pyro Wevb cam to it on a powered FireWire bus. "

DVD ROM Drives:
• SCSI Toshiba SD-M1201 in 7500
  
  CDRW Drives:
• IDE Creative Labs cdrw blaster 8432 in G4/AGP (filed under "other" brand)
  (Note: This drive is $49.xx from Staples here if bought with a Nomad II MP3 player, offer ends Saturday though. See this Dec 18th news item for details.)
• IDE Plextor Plexwriter 12/10/32A in Beige G3
• Firewire Que 12/10/32 w/G4 AGP
• Firewire Que 12x w/iMac Rage128 Pro (2000 model)
  (didn't note if it was a 12x/10x or 12x/4x model)
• Firewire Que QPS 525 8x/4x/32x w/PB G3 2000
  (notes problems with burned CDs/failed verification, using Toast 4.1.2)
• Firewire Sony CRX145E/XI (10/4/32) w/Beige G3 (using Firewire card)
• Firewire to SCSI adapted Yamaha 4416S w/iMac
  
  Hard Drives:
• USB Clubmac 30GB drive w/6500 (using PCI USB card)
• IDE IBM 75GXP 46GB in iMac
• IDE Maxtor 15GB in 7500 w/PCI IDE card
• IDE Maxtor 45GB in Starmax
• IDE Maxtor 20GB in 8x00 w/PCI IDE card (stuttering audio noted)
• IDE Maxtor 40GB in 7x00 w/PCI IDE card (stuttering audio noted)
• IDE Maxtor 20GB in Starmax w/PCI IDE card
  (audio playback fine)

You can find these full reports by searching the database with the drive/brand/mac models listed above selected (the latest reports are shown first in searches).
If you've added a IDE, SCSI, Firewire or USB hard drive, CDRW, tape drive, etc. make sure you add a report to the database.

• Formac G3/400 ZIF in Beige G3 (rated 9)
• Metabox G3/333 in PowerTower Pro 225 (rated 10)
• Newer Tech G3/400 in Umax S900 (rated 8)
• OEM G3/450 ZIF in Beige G3 (rated 10)
  (filed under "other brands")
• PowerLogix BlueChip G3/466 in PB G3 wallstreet1 (rated 8)
  
  
• Apple G4/400 OC report

You can find these full reports by searching the database selecting the indicated Mac model and upgrade card brand/type. If you've upgraded the CPU on your Mac, please post an entry in the database. Search the database for entries from most every upgradable Mac model *before* you buy. (Searchable by mac model/upgrade brand)

Software Updates:

• AppleShare IP 9.0.4 Update
• QuickMovie 1.3 (direct download link)
• InfoManager 2.0 Beta
• WorkingPapers Pro

  See Game News page here for Kawasaki Jet Ski Demo and Mac Team Arena Demo download sites

Apple TIL Updates:
• Final Cut Pro: Audio Playback Configurations
• AppleShare IP/9.0.4 Update: Read Me
• Macintosh: Clipboard Uses Application's Memory Partition
• Mac OS 9: "Big System Morsels" Error During Installation

Mac News: (Note: Regurgitated press releases, etc. are not listed)

• This Is Definitely Not the End, My Friend (businessweek)
• Apple Brazil chief confirms Mac plant (zdnet)
• YAMAHA mLAN: Digital Audio Network Technology Based on Firewire (Yamaha)
• Adobe Systems says it is still a high-tech bull (marketwatch)
• SmartDisk sees 4th quarter loss, blames PC weakness (marketwatch)
• FireWire Opened the Door for Faster, Better Business Communications (creativemac)
• The Verdict: Is Motorola riding the slowdown bandwagon? (upside)
• Legendary Compression Tool Adds Video Capture and Authoring (macworld)
• Mac OS X and Backwards Compatibility (OS Opinion)

Mac Gaming:
• See Game News page here for Kawasaki Jet Ski Demo and Mac Team Arena Demo download sites

Misc. Hardware Related:
• Iomega Predator CD-RW [portable CDRW drive] (iomega)
• Stealth plan puts copy protection into every hard drive (the register)
• Memory prices fading fast (zdnet)
• How To Buy Monitors (zdnet)
• GigaNIX Gigabit Ethernet Adapters (asante)