In a message dated 11/8/02 7:50:40 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >The Promise site lists all flavours of Windows and NO Mac drivers, but I >have a dim memory of something about Promise Tech when I was shopping >for a Sonnet PCI ATA card years ago ...
Probably not. That card may actually be sold with Mac firmware under another brand name (or it might not). It needs not simply drivers but firmware ... >> Promise does not directly market cards for Macs. Cards manufactured by Promise, but containing the necessary physical modifications for Macs, and the necessary firmware for Macs, are marketed by Sonnet, and others. Once it became apparent that some Promise PC cards could easily be modified to work in Macs, the various vendors, and Promise, got together and implemented changes which make it next to impossible to "divert" PC-oriented cards to Macs. In fact, the latest-and-greatest chip set from Promise has a version without a suffix (this one works only in PCs) and a version with a suffix (this one w orks only in Macs). The non-suffixed part has 256 kb of EEPROM, which is sufficient for PC firmware; the suffixed part has 1024 kb of EEPROM, which is needed by the Mac firmware. None of these cards requires a driver. -- 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:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
