In order to take advantage of the new Firewire and USB devices on the market there are just a few steps you take on any PCI card PowerMac. My primary wish was to get an Optical mouse because I'm just fed up with the balls in the older mice needing frequent cleaning. (See "USB" in another edition.)
The Sonnet "Tango" card came highly recommended by others in our Mac computer club, so that was my first acquision.
- Metal handle to lift the mid shelf, and fold it back to expose the mother board.
- Two plastic slider latches keep the mid-shelf clamped down. Just slide those in toward the center of the box. The plastic divider also hinges open, just flex the two anchor pins out of their slots. (You'll find those under the "2" numbers in the first picture.) Note that under this plastic fold-out panel is where we'll find the slots for the Tango card.
- A second hard drive has been added
- This is the floppy drive, and the CD is directly under the floppy.
- Here's where you find the PCI slots.
- If you're adding memory, add the sticks here
- This is the internal hard drive
- Under this heat-sink you'll find the ZIFF board. This is where you would install any processor upgrades. (Which we'll show you in an upcoming issue.)
Now carefully, handling the card by the edges and the face plate, insert the contact strip, with it's metal contacts into the slot -- while sliding the face place into the same position as the filler panel you just removed.
Rock the card gently until it is firmly seated in the slot, replace the phillips screw, and you're good to go. Read the instructions that come with the card. Duh!
The Tango is compatible with most PCI Macintosh¨ and supports most all industry-standard FireWire and USB peripherals.
The configuration is automatic so there's no termination or device ID's required. To learn about the card, go to SonnetTech.com. They have a good page where you can compare products with and locate all Mac models
Then you can grab the Kensington Mouse Driver software that allows you to configure both buttons and the scroll wheel.
- Power Macintosh Series 4400, 5400, 5500, 6400, 6500, 7200, 7215, 7220, 7300, 7500, 7600, 8200, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600
- Power Macintosh G3 All-in-one, Blue & White, Desktop, Minitower, Macintosh Server G3, G4
- Power Macª G4 (PCI Graphics)
- Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
- Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
- Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)
- Power Mac G4 (Quicksilver)
- Performa 54xx, 6360, 64xx
- Workgroup Server 7250, 7350, 8550, 9650
- DayStar Genesis and Millennium Series
- Mactell XB-Pro
- Power Computing PowerBase Desktop and Minitower, PowerCenter, PowerCenter Pro, PowerCurve, PowerTower, PowerTower Pro, PowerWave
- Motorola StarMax 3000, 4000, 5000, 5500
- Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh
- UMAX C500, C600, C600X*, J700, S900
If you have tips, tricks or questions you'd like to add to "This Old Mouse" just let me know. Macintosh User Groups are invited to use this column in their newsletters, but Please read the "Read Me" first, okay!
