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Slot Scandal of 1998 (1/25/98)
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After yesterday's bit on the new "high-end" Powermac G3 and its measly three PCI slots troubling some digital video types who just gotta have their six, we thought we should mention that not everybody in that business is too broken up about losing their slots. In fact, more and more digital video solutions may become usable on Apple's three-slot machines. MacWEEK has the details.
For starters, there's Media 100 Inc., who just last week certified the G3 systems as the very first three-slot machines fast enough to use its video products, which all use only one or two slots. And while many professional systems require four cards (video-in, video-out, audio, and accelerated storage I/O for RAID), apparently most manufacturers are working on consolidating all of those functions on one or two cards.
But what about those folks who have already invested a ton of cash into PCI cards that they can't cram into a new G3 system? They have a few options. First, there's the possibility of getting a six-slot 9600 or a UMAX clone and a third-party G3 upgrade. Otherwise, they can putter along on whatever system they're using now and sit tight until Apple releases its new six-slot machines based on the G4 processor later this year. And lastly, they can offer us obscene amounts of cash to buy our six-slot PowerTower Pro, which we would miss dearly-- until about about three seconds after out G3 system arrived. Any takers?
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 1/25/98 episode: January 25, 1998: The carnage and mayhem of the Super Bowl provided a welcome distraction from the carnage and mayhem in the world of Apple, but Macophiles wept openly when the rumored Apple commercials never showed. Meanwhile, the net is crawling with the spectres of Apple Technologies killed in the aforementioned carnage and cost-cutting in Cupertino, and digital video professionals are split over the untimely demise of PowerExpress, whose six-slot spectre haunts them still...
Other scenes from that episode: 390: Big Game, Zero Presence (1/25/98) Well, the Super Bowl is over, and we've got a few friends back in the Midwest who probably aren't too happy with the results (cheer up Barry, there's always next year!). And while AtAT was remaining Swissly neutral in the famed confrontation-- like we'd really miss the X-Files for a sporting event, even if it is a rerun-- we are shocked to hear that Apple didn't broadcast any commercials during the game... 391: The Apple Tech Graveyard (1/25/98) Spooky. Faithful viewer Avi Rappoport was kind enough to point us towards an incredibly outdated Apple web page called Platforms and Technologies, which serves as a virtual museum of Apple technologies that haven't survived the company's "shrinkage" over the last couple of years...
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