> If the budget allows, the ACARD adapter might be a better choice. Once > I clocked a 78mb SCSI drive vs an 80gb ide on an ACARD adapter to see > how much faster the SCSI drive was. It wasn't, the 80gb on the adapter > beat the SCSI drive by a good margin.
The ACARD product is available in several form factors. Also in a carrier which screws on the bottom of a 1" drive and makes it the equivalent of a "full height" drive, which is really one-half of the height of a 5.25" drive. The internal transfer rate is about 40 megabytes per second. One reason why I went with the ACARD solution on my Beige G3 was the ACARD firmware supported ANY sized UATA drive as a very early firmware update provided LBA 48. At various times I was using 160, 250, 400 and 500 GB drives on my Beige. Two drives in the "basement", others in the tower. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
