Purchasing Protools HD Accel/G5

[Vindogg1]

I'm about to purchase a G5 and a Protools HD Accel 2 and had a few questions...

1.The standard 192 IO will allow me to record 16 adat channels at once correct (or 16 analog at once, 8 adat/8 analog)? If I add the digital card, I will still only be able to record 16 channels of adats at once, but will be able to CONNECT 24 adat channels...Will I be able to monitor 24 adat channels at once if I do this? Is there a limit on the number of channels you can monitor at once?

2.Is it a major headache to get Protools HD Accel up and running on a MAC G5? If it's fairly straightforward "follow the instructions", I'll just do it myself.

3.I'm going to be running a few Gigastudios into PTHD via Adat..At what point is some kind of external wordclock necessary? How much digital stuff do you have to have flyin around before you need a clock?

Thanks a lot guys. Wish me luck