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If you run Apple System Profiler (ASP) on a Power Macintosh G3 or Power Macintosh 9600 into which an ATI video card is installed, the vendor of that card will be identified as ATY rather than ATI.
DISCUSSION
The Apple System Profiler is properly displaying the information located in the ROM (Read Only Memory) on the ATI Rage 128 card, or ATI video chipset itself. This is because ATI chose to identify themselves as ATY in the ROM. It is not a bug in ASP nor does it indicate a different vendor.
You will notice this discrepancy after performing the following steps:
1. Run Apple System Profiler 2.1.x.
2. Click the Devices and Volumes tab.
3. Click the PCI tab.
The following graphic illustrates how the ATI Mach64 chipset, used in the Power Macintosh G3, appears in the ASP Devices and Volumes tab. The card name and model will vary depending upon what card or chipset is installed.