Sonnet Technologies Inc. have announced that the Crescendo and Encore lines of their upgrade cards are fully compatible with Mac OS 9. This is indeed good news for those wanting faster hardware, and the latest operating system, without having to purchase an entirely new machine. According to Sonnet:
Sonnet Technologies, Inc., the leading manufacturer of performance upgrade products for Apple Macintosh computers, announces that the Crescendo G3 and G4, and Encore G3 and G4 product lines are officially compatible with Mac OS 9. Extensive testing has been conducted to ensure compatibility.
The complete list of Sonnet products with Mac OS 9 compatibility is as follows:
Crescendo G3 and G4/PCI
For the Power Mac 7300, 7500, 7600, 8500, 8515, 8600, 9500, 9515, 9600; Workgroup Server 7350, 8550, 9650;
DayStar Genesis;
Power Computing PowerCenter Pro, PowerTower, PowerWave;
UMAX J700, S900;
Mactell XB-Pro.
Crescendo G3/NuBus
For the Power Mac 6100/60, 6100/60 AV, 6100/66, 6100/66AV, 7100/66, 7100/66 AV, 7100/80, 7100/80AV, 8100/80, 8100/80 AV, 8100/100, 8100/110, 8115/110;
Performa 6110, 6112, 6115, 6116, 6117, 6118;
Workgroup Server 6150, 8150, 9150;
Power Computing 100, 120;
Radius 81/110.
Crescendo G3/L2
For the Power Mac 4400, 5400, 5500, 6400, 6500, 7220;
Performa 54XX, 6360, 64XX;
20th Anniversary Macintosh;
Power Computing PowerBase;
StarMax 3000, 4000;
UMAX C500, C600.
Encore G3 and G4
For the Power Mac G3 All-in-one, Blue & White, Desktop, Mini Tower, and Server.