Jim Korthanke wrote: > I have an IDE drive out of an iMac that quite working. There is information > on it that I want to use. What is the best way to hook this drive up to my > Power Mac 8500 so that I can use it. Thanks, Jim >
You can buy a PCI card to run IDE drives on the 8500, but the problem with most of these is that they mimic a SCSI card and any drive attached must be initialized as such. Another words you would have to reinitialize the drive from the iMac to use it and vise versa. Some of the newer cards, such as the Sonnet Tempo Trio, are seen as IDE cards. These are more expensive, significantly so in the case of the Trio which also has Firewire and USB on it. I would think so but I'm not sure if you can use the drive on them without initializing. If you know someone with an IDE Mac you're best bet would be to borrow it, install the drive, and move your files over a network to the 8500. Then you won't be pressured into buying any particular card. -+-+-+- RPM -- 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
