A-D converter compatability table (updated 6/14/03)
| CPU type | Lab-NB | PCI-1200 | DAQcard-1200 | PCI-MIO-16XE-50 | Sable UI2 | ADC-1 | DataTaker | Comments |
| MacIIx | ? | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | ? | slow, but works |
| MacIIcx | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | ? | slow, but works |
| MacIIci | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | ? | ? | |
| MacIIsi | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | YES | needs appropriate NuBus adapter; quite slow but works |
| MacIIsi + 68040 accelerator card | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | YES | needs appropriate NuBus adapter |
| Quadra 610 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | ? | |
| Quadra 650 | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | ? | ? | |
| Quadra 700 | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | ? | YES | |
| Quadra 800, 840 | YES | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | ? | |
| PowerMac 7100 | PROBLEMS with early Lab-NB versions | -- | -- | -- | ? | YES | ? | uses late-model Lab-NB only (faster bus than 680x0 CPUs); better with Speed Doubler |
| PowerMac 7200 | -- | YES | -- | ? | ? | ? | ? | slowish, but works; better with Speed Doubler |
| PowerMac 7300 | -- | ? | -- | ? | ? | YES | ? | fast |
| PowerMac 8500 | -- | YES | -- | ? | ? | ? | ? | fast; best with Speed Doubler |
| PowerMac G3 desktop | -- | YES | -- | YES | ? | YES | ? | very fast |
| PowerBook 145 | -- | -- | -- | -- | ? | ? | YES (LabHelper) | slowish and has a small screen, but works (even with OS 7.1) |
| PowerBook 190c | -- | -- | YES | -- | ? | YES (LabHelper) problems with LabHelper FP |
? | |
| PowerBook G3 | -- | -- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
-- | ? | YES (LabHelper) problems with LabHelper FP |
YES (LabHelper) problems with LabHelper FP |
very fast with DAQcard 1200 |
| PowerBook 520, 5300 | -- | -- | PROBLEMS | -- | ? | ? | ? | failed to work with early operating system; not known if OK with later OS versions |
| Powerbook G4 | -- | -- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
-- | YES (with OS X LabHelper and USB-serial adapter) |
? | ? | VERY fast with DAQcard 1200 |
| iBook | -- | -- | -- | -- | YES (with OS X LabHelper and USB-serial adapter) |
YES (with OS X LabHelper and USB-serial adapter) |
? | |
| PowerComputing PowerTower 200 | -- | YES | -- | -- | YES | ? | fast; best with Speed Doubler | |
| PowerMac 7600 | -- | YES | -- | -- | YES | ? | fast | |
PowerMac G3 (various models) |
-- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
-- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
? | YES (not tried in OS X; works OK in OS 9 in non- USB versions; not tried with USB-serial adapter) |
? | |
PowerMac G4 (various models) |
-- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
-- | YES (must be booted in OS 9) |
YES (with OS X LabHelper and USB-serial adapter) |
YES (not tried in OS X; works OK in OS 9 with USB-serial adapter) |
? | with OS X, connected through KeySpan USB to serial adapter VERY fast with internal cards |
key: YES means the combination has been tested successfully
-- means the combination isn't applicable (for example, you can't use a NuBus card in a PCI bus machine)
? means the combination hasn't been tested (but should work)
PROBLEMS means (obviously) that the combination did not perform normally
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