> Would I notice a difference if I switched my IBM deskstar 27GB drive over to
> Sonnet's new ATA/100 card?  I have it on the internal IDE bus on my Beige MT
> 300.  (which I think was originally a server model because it had the ATTO
> scsi card with an apple scsi (narrow) drive which could be used without the
> card...(so I'm guessing the card came with the computer)
> 
> What about the ATA/66 drive? is the difference between that and the ATA/100
> drive worth it/noticeable?
> 
> thanks a lot
> 
> Justin
> 
I purchased the sonnet card and my system seems a bit slower. I got it
because of read and write errors on my BW g3 350. I have the stock 6 gb
drive as a master (5400) and a 40 gb  as slave with files and anything not
system related. Boot up is definitely slower, as there is a long pause
before I see the "happy mac." One thing you should know --- under OS 9, this
card sees your drives as SCSI devices. You have to reformat any IDE drive
connected to the card.

I haven't tested yet under 10.1 (where it supposedly sees the cards as ATA).

--Doug Haker


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