>Gentle Macinese. > There has been a lot of debate and pondering on my >behalf of just how we can cheaply use ATA drives in >our Venerable macs. After research and all, I came up >with the solution. NO, you wont get the LIGHTENING >FAST SPEED of ATA 133 with this solution, but it gives >us an oppurtunity to have STORAGE after all. What I >have done is I found a QUE 1394 FIREWIRE PCI card and >a 70 dollar FIREWIRE storage device and a 70 dollar 40 >gig ATA DRIVE and WHAM, She works Beutifully! I intend >to even try an INTERNAL IDE CD BURNER next. It should >work! I need the houseing and the device itself comes >with another port....for 70 dollars and I have a >burner just itching to try this....Why not! I will let >you know next pay day. Keep in mind, I just spent 150 >dollars for ATA 100 HD and a device and card. I now >have 40 gigs of storage that I can turn around and use >in one of my REGULAR Winders PCS. ( I INITIALIZED it >in DOSXXX ). After all, One must have room for his >MP3s!!!!!! OK, Thanks for letting me rave. Have a >great holiday everyone.
I belive I mentioned FireWire in my list of three alternatives, or did no-one read that? Also, with an Oxford 911 bridge chip in the case and an ATA/100 7200rpm drive you can get sufficient speed out of FireWire on most FireWire native machines to do DV work. I dunno wether this is true with PCI Cards in PCI pre-G3 PowerMacs..... -- -- Mark Benson Any spelling errors are attributed to PEBKAC Vintage Macs List Nanny SilValleyPirate - AIM silicon_valley_pirate_uk - Yahoo! Visit Flat Pack Macs Online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> Macintosh LC Central -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
