[SML] PCI cards for new Mac machines...

[Michael Troncone]

I just recently used the Helios 2 expansion chassis made by OWS. 

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Chassis/Mercury_Helios_2

I had two Black Magic camera input cards in there connected to a Mac mini. The chassis also comes with two thunderbolt ports which we used to daisy chain a projector through. It worked great every time. 

Michael Troncone
Asst. Carpenter
SISTER ACT NAT'L TOUR

> On Sep 29, 2014, at 1:06 AM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 8:02 PM, NODEraser via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> Assuming we're talking about PCIe, hey manufacture "expansion" chassis
>> for PCI cards, that connect via the Thunderbolt interface.
>> 
>> Example:
>> http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Compatibility/
> 
> That is fantastic - I am glad there exists hardware to utilize (many) of the PCI-e hardware that was designed for Macs. When they released the new Mac Pro trash can, I couldn't help but think about all the many producers and post production houses I designed/set up off-line and online suites.  There are a myriad of PCI-e cards for both video and audio, that are still very much sufficient and capable... tough place to be in when your hardware and OS maker of choice cuts off your options to use existing hardware when upgrading. Some of these cards cost many times more than the computers they were put in.
> 
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