In a message dated 10/19/01 1:21:58 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Given the similarities between cards, any chance that the firmware developed for another card would work with the Ultratek ATA/66? >> The only hope of a firmware transplant would be from the Sonnet UATA/100 (Promise UATA/100 chipset) to the VST UltraTek 66 (also Promise UATA/66 chipset). Both are built around the same cores: CPU, PCI bus interface, FLASH ROM interface, which are independent of UATA/66 or UATA/100. The differences are in the PCI bus to UATA/66 or UATA/100 interfaces. Firmtek reportedly did the work on the ProMax TurboMax (ACARD UATA/33 chipset), but after that ACARD and Firmtek had a falling out and ACARD decided to develop its own firmware, which was a bad move as it lost SoftRAID compatibility, and numerous other compatibility problems arose. Yet, these incompatibilities were apparent manageable, and Sonnet went to ACARD for its SoftRAID-incompatible UATA/66 card ... but the true reason may have been that VST had already beat Sonnet to a contract with Promise for its UATA/66 card. Now, VST is odd-man-out as Sonnet already beat VST to a contract with Promise for its UATA/100 card. Again, I have not physically seen Sonnet's UATA/100 card (Promise chipset, Firmtek firmware), and the only card I am aware of which claims OS X compatibility is Sonnet's UATA/66 card (ACARD chipset, ACARD firmware). -- 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>
