No I chose to drop down to 2 PATA devices rather than pay $50 for FW2PATA bridge,
just didn't need the extra drive local that much! ;)
Only point was if you're going to convert with FW, USB, SATA to choose from I'd
advise in that order especially if it's lower-than-sata-bandwidth devices.
Still all XPsp3 here also, when I find the time I will upgrade the 2K DC to
2003...
DHSinclair wrote:
j.,
OK! You went to FireWire. I do get this. It is where we may/should go.
The trouble for me is that where YOU think we may/should be is not quite
conducive with where I am now. Fine.
I'll just dwindle the Collective for opinions. No harrm, no foul.
I am only now 1 OS behind the planet. And, the whole LAN here works
perfectly!
I choose to stay where I am ATM. WinXPproSP3 works well so far!
Happy New Year!
Best,
Duncan
At 14:02 01/04/2009 -0800, you wrote:
I never did get & test any models because what I saw seemed more than
what I wanted to spend ($50+). In the end I teetered towards Oxford
911 (or Initio) based ide->firewire bridges for ATAPI devices since
mobo had two 1394 ports, FW was fast enough for ATAPI, and it meant
less chance of issues with Intel's RAID drivers.
Guess FWDepot is gone, along with OrangeMicro, sad...
DHSinclair wrote:
Mostly for j.maccraw!!!!
What is the brand of pata>sata converters you like???
I lost the last email in the noise.............. :(
All other Collective opinions are welcome ATM!
Happy New Year!
best,
Duncan
