On Feb 6, 2009, at 9:34 AM, insightinmind wrote:
> Not definitive? The part about "MAC OS(only for INIC-1623TA2)" might > indicate a bummer, maybe not. My fully bootable Initio-based PCI cards have INIC-1623TA2 chips on them. They also have a FLASH ROM chip, in which is maintained the firmware for the chip. Both the LaCie card (sold into both the PC and Mac markets) and the OWC card (sold only into the Mac market) have the same firmware, or appear to have the same firmware. I have used both cards in my G4s, and both were bootable. The differences include: 1) the LaCie card supports external SATA drives, only (but using an iSATA connector, NOT the usual eSATA connector, thereby requiring a special cable), and power is supplied to the external drive by the Mac, or power is supplied to the external drive by a wall-wart, at the owner's option), and 2) the OWC card supports both internal and external SATA drives (using iSATA cables for internal drives and eSATA cables for external drives), and no power is provided for the external drives. In every other respect, the two cards are functionally interchangeable. Perhaps the best supported cards are the Silicon Image cards, but so far I have only used these on Hackintoshes, which are really PCs which have been converted to run Leopard using OSX86 code and kexts. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
