Power Macintosh 9500 & 9600 - Pro Tools|24 Requirements

Power Macintosh 9600 Processors 200 MHz or higher speed supported, excluding Multiprocessor (MP) version

Power Macintosh 9500 Processors of all speeds supported, excluding Multiprocessor (MP) version

Mac OS 9.0.4 required (OS 9.1 not tested with these models)

QuickTime 4.1.2 required with Pro Tools v5.1.1 (included with Mac OS 9.0.4, Pro Tools installation CD, or download the standalone QuickTime 4.1.2 Installer from Apple)

SCSI HBA Card:

For maximum track count, the Power Macintoshes requires the use of a qualified SCSI HBA card. Optional SCSI HBA cards bundled (by Apple) with Power Macintosh computers are not compatible with this configuration due to the lack of NVRAM to store Pro Tools desired SCSI transfer rate. The following SCSI HBA cards are qualified for use with Power Macintosh 9500s & 9600s:

ATTO ExpressPCI SCSI HBA cards including:

PSC (ExpressPCI Single Channel Ultra/WIDE HBA)

ATTO ExpressPCI SCSI HBA card EPCI-DC (ExpressPCI Dual Channel Ultra/WIDE HBA, also available in the Digidesign SCSI64 Kit)

With the following requirements:

• ATTO ExpressPCI Firmware v1.4.4 f1

• ExpressPro-Tools v2.3.2 with Synch Transfer Rate set to 20 (10) and PCI Burst Rate set to 32 bytes

• ATTO ExpressPCI Firmware v1.4.4 f1 is available at: http://www.digidesign.com/download/utility.html

• ATTO ExpressPro-Tools v2.3.2 (inluded on the Pro Tools 5.1 and 5.1.1 CD)

— OR —

Adaptec Power Domain SCSI HBA cards including:

• 2940UW

• 2940U2W

• 3940UW

with the following requirements:

• Firmware v4.1

• PowerDomain Control v5.1 with cards set to "Fast-SCSI:10" in the Control Panel

• Current Adaptec drivers are available at: http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support/driverindex.html

• Previous drivers are available at: ftp.adaptec.com/mac/scsi/

Expansion Chassis:

SBS (Bit3) 7-Slot Expansion Chassis must use IBM PCI 2.1 compliant Bridge chips, with host card that starts with 20-101