on 10-18-2001 20:50, (G-List) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The firmware for these cards was *not* developed by Sonnet or Promise, but > was developed by the same group of software contractors. > > Given that this group of contractors will be developing Sonnet's UATA/100 > firmware, it is not completely out of the question that these same > contractors could develop OS X-compatible firmware for the quite similar VST > UltraTek 66 card.
That would be great news if the software contractors got around to providing OS X compatibility. IIRC, it was FirmTek who provided the firmware for the VST/Smartdisk controller, as well as for other controllers. And I see FirmTek is still operating, so in theory there should be no reason not to provide the firmware; the potential problem may be VST/Smartdisk, which is a supremely non-customer service oriented company (at least in my experience). I don't know how much we can count on them. Given the similarities between cards, any chance that the firmware developed for another card would work with the Ultratek ATA/66? Chris H -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
