<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I just recently used the Helios 2 expansion chassis made by OWS. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Chassis/Mercury_Helios_2">http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Chassis/Mercury_Helios_2</a></div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Michael Troncone</span><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Asst. Carpenter</div><div style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">SISTER ACT NAT'L TOUR</div></div><div><br>On Sep 29, 2014, at 1:06 AM, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 8:02 PM, NODEraser via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":bt" class="a3s" style="overflow:hidden">Assuming we're talking about PCIe, hey manufacture "expansion" chassis<br>
for PCI cards, that connect via the Thunderbolt interface.<br>
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Example:<br>
<a href="http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Compatibility/" target="_blank">http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/Thunderbolt/PCIe_Compatibility/</a></div></blockquote></div><br>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.<br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Jon Ares<br><a href="http://www.arescreative.com" target="_blank">www.arescreative.com</a><br>Follow my twits @jon_ares
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