On Dec 31, 2008, at 3:23 PM, Jack Countryman wrote:
> > On 12/31/08 10:37 AM, "Bruce Johnson" > <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> wrote: >> >> On Dec 30, 2008, at 3:18 PM, Mike Baker wrote: >>> >>> can be installed in a G$ Sawtooth? Do they have to be slaved >>> together? It appears they do have to slaved together, since I only >>> see one ATA slot on the motherboard. I do have an external Firewire >>> hard drive attached to the G4 now, but I want to dedicate that to an >>> iBook I have. >> >> There are mounting places for four, two in a stack towards the back, >> and two more side-by-side in front of them. You need to add in an >> additional controller to use them, though. >> >> Stock, yes, the drives need to be set on the same bus. >> >> Bruce Johnson >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > Not if he's willing to give up the cdrom/zip drive. There is a > second port > at the front of the board where those hook up. If he's willing to > give up > the cd and/or zip, he can attach another 2 drives (one master > [replacing the > cd] and one slave [replacing the zip] on that second bus. > Presumably the > drives could either be mounted in place of the cd/zip or in the two > spots at > the front of the bottom of the case. Finding cables long enough to > reach if > he uses the mountings in the bottom of the case may be a challenge, > but if > you are willing to tear things apart, maybe the cable for the cd/ > zip can be > re-located and re-used? ... and Didn't I read somewhere that the 128GB limit didn't apply to the IDE channel that hooks the DVD/ZIP up? Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
