At 07:38 -0800 2009/01/20, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote: >FirmTek was a true innovator, and it was the creator of most of the >early PCI ATA card firmware releases (it did not design the hardware). > >However, that early FirmTek firmware all has a certain flaw, which >flaw was perpetuated throughout the /33, /66, /100 and /133 product >families. > >Perhaps FirmTek didn't fully understand certain important aspects of >the Mac, in general, nor the SCSI Manager 4.3, in particular. > >(I don't claim to fully understand them, either). > >Whatever the reality, the architectural flaw was repeated even by >FirmTek's competitors, most notably ACARD, because what FirmTek did, >in error, on its very first product, the ProMax 33, it perpetuated >through all of its remaining products.
What flaw are you talking about? I've been using a Sonnet ATA/133 card for years, with drives up to 300GB, and have only two problems with it: 1) My DVD burners (LiteOn and Pioneer) won't work off of it, and 2) The drives attached to it don't show up in System Profiler. Are these related to the flaw you're referring to? - Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
