I'm looking for an ATA card for my old 7600 that will support a big (> 40GB) drive and an IDE CD-ROM. Ideally the card would allow the Mac to boot from either the attached HD or CD. Right now the machine has the original 1.2GB SCSI drive and a 4x SCSI CD-ROM drive.
I looked at the Sonnet ATA100 card and it supports booting from the HD, but doesn't support CD drives. It's also expensive--I've seen PC ATA100 cards for $50 or less and the Sonnet cards run $100-120. Currently I'm using this machine as a headless MP3 player in my home stereo, controlled with a Keyspan DMR and Timbuktu. Because of the limited storage on the internal drive, I have it mount a folder on another Mac via file sharing, but that's a pain because whenever the server gets rebooted, I have to connect to the 7600 via Timbuktu and remount the server. Hence the need for permanent storage on the 7600. I also want to install a faster CD drive so I can use it as an occasional CD ripping station without growing old waiting for the CD to be read. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, -- Jeff Jungblut [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://soapzone.com/ -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
