> Today, you can get a super-multi Lite-on for about $20. > > I use these in certain Hacks which, for reasons of ports, must use IDE > hard and optical drives.
Available from MANY Hong Kong or Chinese eBay sellers are SATA-to-IDE converters, which will allow a current generation SATA drive (of whatever type) to appear to be PATA (IDE) to the host. AN advantage of these converters is (are): 1) the PATA interface is 80-wire/40-pin, which has been used on Apple products from the Blue and White G3, and on all later models, 2) "large" drives are supported, and 3) only one power connection is required as the adapter receives all power, and it distributes it to both to the adapter itself AND to the drive. -- 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
