mac ?

beef · Post by **beef** » Wed Aug 22, 2001 12:18 pm

i hate nacs but i got two that i wanna puts nics in if possible they are performa 431 and a 531 cd any input appreciated

beef · Post by **beef** » Wed Aug 22, 2001 7:49 pm

any buddy got ideas

Schola · Post by **Schola** » Wed Aug 22, 2001 8:10 pm

Well one thing that I can suggest is that you go to http://www.lowendmac.com and see if they have your models listed. If they do find out if they have PCI slots, then try to find a Mac compatable PCI NIC. I know for sure that Kingston makes some.

Schola

beef · Post by **beef** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 8:11 pm

well that didnt really help much i couldbt find anything anynone else?

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Thu Aug 23, 2001 8:32 pm

Performa 430 and 631CDs are old 68k machines. These things are pre-PPC, older than even NuBus, well before Apple started using PCI. You will probably not find a NIC for these things.

Can you check the model #s again? There's no Performa 431 or 531 listed at Apple's site. The closest were the 430 and 631CD.

Schola · Post by **Schola** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 7:25 am

Hey Jimz, whats the chances he is lucky and got some type of onboard networking. I know some of the older macs I have, have it, you just need the dongle for it. But then again I don't have and Pre-PPC ones around.

schola

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Fri Aug 24, 2001 12:41 pm

possible, but at that age I'd expect it to be thin-net (coax) or something similar.

Schola · Post by **Schola** » Sat Aug 25, 2001 11:54 pm

Hmm, ok thats what I was thinking too. Oh well. Maybe you can try Ebay and see if you can find any Nu-Bus based Network Cards. Did they even make such beasts??

schola

Jim Z · Post by **Jim Z** » Sun Aug 26, 2001 1:24 am

I surmise that the NuBus Performas had integrated ethernet... the 68k Performas pre-date NuBus, though.