--- You wrote: Hi Len & all listers; To run a HDD through an ATA card you must format the drive through the ATA card. I've been doing some reading on this as I'm thinking about getting an ATA card for my Beige G3DT 266. HTH --Thanks; Rev. George --- end of quote --- Yes, that's one of the disadvantages of these boards. The system sees them as scsi. You can't just take a drive off the native ata bus and hang it on the ATA card (not most of them anyway.) You need to reformat it. A bit time consuming and messy.
By the way, with my Acard 133, iMovie playback through the camera isn't perfect, even with the os9 system set up as minimal as possible. (G3 minitower G4 zif, combo usb and firewire pci board) This is not true of the same drive on the native ata bus. Can't say why, since the drive tests as much faster on the 133 bus. Acard offers a slowdown utility for this but I haven't tried it. Rich -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
