On Feb 6, 2009, at 12:03 PM, yawg wrote:
> > Hi Peter, > >> The Initio-based adapters work well in G4 Macs. Less well in Intel >> Macs. >> >> Both the LaCie and OWC adapters are (were) Initio-based. >> >> The OWC adapter has switchable internal/external, and the external >> connector is indeed eSATA, just as the internal connector is indeed >> iSATA. > > Today I got my Hitachi 1TB SATA disk and the ICIDU PCI SATA controller > card which has two internal and two external channels. Low & behold: > it has an Initio-chip model INIC-1620TA2 on the board. So there might > be hope that it will work in my MDD G4? And might even be bootable? No > ICIDU Mac drivers available though. > > Could I try the drivers from another Initio-based SATA controller > card? What do you all reckon? It would be just wonderful ... > > I'm posting this from my Gmail account and hope that there will be no > double post. I once even did a triple post accidentally. When I posted > a reply I got a time-out and refreshed the page. So the time-out > wasn't a time-out after all. > > TIA for your help. > > Regards, Jörg. Yes ... I, for one, got all 5 posts ... Have you just tried the card in your system? Maybe the drivers are already there ... Not an expert ... just something I would try. 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 [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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
