Lord that's a raunchy translation!<br><br><br><br>Great wits are sure to madness near allied.--John Dryden, "Absalom and Achitophel"

Are you volunteering to translate it? <br><br>"If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. "

Where the heck is RJ-45 Ethernet?? What, are they supposed to be wireless only now?<br><br>If MacBidouille is completely lying about all this stuff I'm going to fly to France and put my foot up their 'Bidouille'!<br><br>

LOL, i guess they either forgot to mention it or there are two Ethernet ports! <br><br>"If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. "

Sure. Here goes:<br><br>[color:blue]Notre source qui a (aurait pour les plus sceptiques) eu en main une carte mère de PPC 970 nous apporte quelques détails. L'epoxy de la carte est rouge foncé (normal pour un proto Apple).<br> <br> Voici les connecteurs présents:<br> - 2 FW800<br> - 1 FW400<br> - 3 USB<br> - 3 Connecteurs son<br> - Il y a également 5 connecteurs supplémentaires qu'il n'a pas réussi à identifier. Un groupe de 3 et un autre de 2.<br> - 4 des 8 slots mémoire ne sont pas actifs sur la carte (ils ont été testés en retirant délicatement la fameuse étiquette qu'Apple y avait collé)<br> <br> Il ne nous reste plus qu'à savoir à quoi sont dévolus les 5 connecteurs non-identifiés.</font color=blue><br><br>Our source, who for the sake of the most sceptical [readers] has held in his hands the PPC 970 motherboard, has reported to us some of the details. The board's plastic is dark red (normal for an Apple prototype).<br><br>Here is a list of the ports:<br>- 2 FW 800<br>- 1 FW 400<br>- 3 USB<br>- 3 Sound connectors<br>- There are also five extra ports which he was unable to identify: a group of three and another of two.<br>- 4 of the 8 memory slots on the board are not functional (they were tested by delicately removing the renowned sticker that Apple had pasted on the board)<br><br>Nothing remains but to figure out the function of the 5 unidentified stationary objects (that's my joke--really "5 unidentified ports.")<br><br>By the way, you missed a later posting:<br><br>[color:blue]Nous avons eu des infos sur une partie des connecteurs externes mystérieux de la carte mère PPC 970.<br> L'un d'eux (et probablement 2) est un connecteur Fiber channel pour brancher par exemple un Xserve RAID.</font color=blue><br><br>We've had further information about one group of the mystery ports on the PPC 970 motherboard.<br>One of them, and probably two, is a fiber channel port for connecting, for example, an XServe RAID.<br><br><br><br>Great wits are sure to madness near allied.--John Dryden, "Absalom and Achitophel"<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by yoyo52 on 05/30/03 01:22 AM (server time).</EM></FONT></P>

Thanks Yoyo! <br><br>So they might have a fiber optic ports on the new PMs? That would be cool, if not over kill. <br><br>"If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. "

I also like French fries, although I don't like French dressing.<br><br>I think Parisians are OK.<br><br>And now I'm waiting for the tread of booted feet and that sharp knock on the front door <br><br><br><br>Great wits are sure to madness near allied.--John Dryden, "Absalom and Achitophel"

"Put the Freedom fries down, and stand against the wall!"<br><br><br><br><br>

Jawohl, mein Herr!<br><br><br><br>Great wits are sure to madness near allied.--John Dryden, "Absalom and Achitophel"

ROTFL<br><br>