> <I bought a new18 GB SE/LVD SCSI 10,000 RPM (hot!?)Seagate Cheetah 6 > months ago and never used it. How does this drive fit into the > picture with this G3? I think it's 68 pin with an adapter for both 80 > and 50 pin connectors. The drive itself can not be terminated. Can I > use the existing card bus or other SCSI bus or would it be > recommended to get a different controller card. I almost purchased an > Adaptec 2940U2B until I saw somewhere that it wasn't OSX compatible.
You'll need to use that 50 pin adapter or buy a SCSI card. OtherWorldComputing has an Adaptec 2906 for $54 <http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=1482&Item=ADP1772900> , but it is not bootable. Most of your cheap ones aren't going to be. They do have an Adaptec 2930 for $95 that IS bootable. <http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4425&Item=ADP1796200> <disclaimer>Plese note that I don't work for OWC, I'm just a happy customer and they are the first place I go to look for anything. Yes, you might find them cheaper elsewere. Personally, I don't look around because I'm happy with them and they are usually very reasonable, so to me it's worth a little extra money. Except RAM. Damn, it's hard to find anyone cheaper than they are!</disclaimer> > New comments and questions: > The Beige arrived yesterday and despite what the seller and the > Apple info. I looked up stated about having built-in SCSI, there is > no SCSI card and I found no SCSI bus in ASP. It showed Internal ATA 0 > (hard drive ID=0) and Internal ATA 1 (CD-ROM drive ID=0). I would > think these would be on the same bus. The only card I see is the > "personality" audio card. All Beige G3 do have on board SCSI 2 If you look at where the two IDE sockets are at the upper right (or top left if it's a tower) you'll see a third socket that is a larger 50 pin. That's your SCSI port. Be warned, it's slow, maxing out at 10/MBs. > The built-in video must reside on the mobo since all I can see is the > chip with ATI 3D Rage II + DVD. Does this mean it will support a > CD/DVD - RW upgrade providing any other required extensions are > installed ? You can install a CD-RW without issue, but see below. > This machine has 10.2 and 9.2.2 and I found the OS9 ASP to have much > more info than the OSX ASP as another lister also noted. (Yes, I > clicked all the tabs!). Couldn't tell I had a Rev. 1 machine until I > went to OS 9 ASP which told me the ROM info.. So no multiple ATA > drives supported on this machine. Never, and I mean NEVER, trust what the OSX ASP app says. It LIES! All the time. Kinda like saying Windows XP will run with only 128MB RAM... Yeah, right. You can install multiple ATA drives, you just can't have more than two drives total (including CD or whatever) and you can only have one per cable. Fortunantly, you can simply swap out the ROM chip with a rev 2 or 3. Post to the Swap list, I'm sure somebody has a spare one they can sell you. ~Rob -- 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
