On Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 12:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I'm picky, too ;-) .
>
> The name on mine is "Bridge Smart".
Well the name on my box is Bridge Adapter. It still don't change tha
fact that they are all (including the external enclosures) covered under
the SCSIDE technology umbrella.
> Nowhere on the package or in the instruction manual are the terms
> "SCSIDE" or
> "SCSIDE bridge" used.
They aren't on mine either but my vendor and ACARD's website refer to
the product family as SCSIDE.
> The terms "SCSI-to-IDE Bridge" (note upper case B) and "SCSI-to-IDE
> bridge"
> (note lower case B) are used numerous times, however.
Yes. Same on mine, although I think mine is a European language package.
> Ask MicroLand for a Mac version. The PC and Mac versions are identical
> except
> for the label in the EEPROM (and, obviously, its contents).
I'm afraid I didn't get a choice. I live in the UK and we only have one
ACARD vendor who only sell a few of these puppies. I had to get the
generic version as it sells more so they have those not the Mac version.
Either way it wasn't a major pain, ROM flashing isn't exactly rocket
science if you follow the basic safety rules. "And there is no more
important safety rule than to wear these <points to glasses>, saftey
glasses" - for those of you who know of Norm Abram.
> My SCSI-to-IDE Bridge was instantly recognized by Drive Setup, and I
> have
> used it on a wide variety of Macs, both 68K and PPC.
Mine also works like a dream once I 'adjusted' the BIOS. :).
> Presently, one resides in a WGS 9150 (50-pin version), and another
> resides in
> an Apple Network Server 700/200 (68-pin version).
Also remember we are talking about 2 slightly different products, mine
is the plug-on-the drive-back type. Yours IIRC are tray types right?
And to cap it all I slipped off my chair when I lent back to grab the
box for my ACARD adapter and punched the corner of my Hi-Fi, cutting a
hole in my thumb, I'm off to get a plaster (band-aid!!) before I get
blood on my iBook. I cut my middle finger lifting my mom's freezer today
too - what a day :).
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