Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!mimsy!mojo!eng.umd.edu!tgoose From: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: IIsi NuBus adaptor...in an SE/30??? Message-ID: <1991Jun11.201226.17911@eng.umd.edu> Date: 11 Jun 91 20:12:26 GMT References: <3062@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> <1991Jun10.190114.2344@eng.umd.edu> <1991Jun10.201324.22014@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (C-News) Reply-To: tgoose@eng.umd.edu (Jason Garms) Organization: College of Engineering, Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 30 In article <1991Jun10.201324.22014@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>, rroberts@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ross Allan Roberts) writes: > >> I just thought of something...someone mentioned that the IIsi NuBus adaptor > >> hooks up to what actually is a PDS in the si. Does that mean that you > >> could hook it up to an SE/30 and get yourself a NuBus port in there??? > >Important Note: > > > >The SE/30 PDS and IIsi PDS are both called Processor Direct Slots, but they are > >different!! Mixing and matching cards will cause very bad results. > > > >Jason Garms > > I thought the Apple rep who demo'ed the si when it came out said the si > could accept SE/30 cards in its PDS, but it was different from the LC PDS > which is different from the Portable PDS... and unsure about the converse > (si-->SE/30). I'm pretty sure the si can take /30 cards, though it may need > the adaptor board to lay them over on their side... > > ******************************************************************************* > *Ross Roberts |DoD#0340, awaiting that F2 * > *'The price of meat has just gone up, and yer old lady has just gone down... '* > *---------------------------------------------------"Cosmik Debris"----Zappa--* > *Post it! You're only costing the net hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars..* > ******************************************************************************* The IIsi can take SE/30 boards with the adaptor. From my understanding the adaptor card does more than just lay the board on the side. Unfortunatly I haven't read enough about the subject. Jason Garms tgoose@@eng.umd.edu