On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 09:43  pm, Michael G. Schabert wrote:

> At 1:55 PM +0000 2/7/02, Matthew wrote:
>> Greetings,
>>
>> I have a computer which requires an PDS Ethernet card to be able to 
>> give it Ethernet connectivity.
>>
>> I note that Nubus and PDS slots are very similar, (just that the Nubus 
>> slot is missing the bit on the end). Is it possible to convert a Nubus 
>> card to work in a PDS slot? Perhaps having to jump a couple of pins at 
>> the end?
>
> "I have a computer which requires a PDS card" doesn't quite tell us 
> enough. PDS tells how the bus "speaks" with the CPU, but it doesn't 
> actually tell us what kind of slot it is. My Mac SE (NOT 030) has a PDS 
> slot. So does the SE/30...however, you can't use the same card in each. 
> Then there are units in the 610/6100 class that have the PDS slot which 
> has a NuBus converter (a right angle thing).

It's a Performa 475. Also known as LC 475, Quadra 605. I would like to 
add one of my Nubus Ethernet cards (the case size / shape is not an 
issue), but want to know if it would work. I suspect not...

All the best,

~ Matthew