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Andreas_Wolf

# 26
Yokemate of Keyboards

Posts: 12199 from 2003/5/22

From: Germany

> why do you need to tape pins 3 and 11? [...] Is this a 'feature' of the G4 AGP slot?

Short: Yes, it is, starting with PowerMac3,3.
Long: http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11
»01.12.22 - 23:32

ernsteiswuerfel

# 27
Priest of the Order of the Butterfly

Posts: 558 from 2015/6/18

From: Funeralopolis

Goddamn... why always this Apple "We have to do it differently"-crap?! They seem to enjoy it now as then to violate established standard for no good reason...

I wished the EU would have forced Apple back then to stick to proven standards like they do now with USB-C.
Talos II. [Gentoo Linux] | PMac G5 11,2. PMac G4 3,6. PBook G4 5,8. [MorphOS 3.18 / Gentoo Linux] | A600GS
»02.12.22 - 13:58