>I was led to believe that beige G3's with rev.1 Roms were not suppose >to be able to support multiple drives?
That's true, except under OS X. OS X traps the calls to the defective Rev. A hard disk drivers and substitutes its own. >I've got a spare 233 G3/DT here with a rev1 Rom (77D.4OF2) (The apple >knowledge base page I just checked said it was Rev.1, so does the >sticker inside the machine) Just for giggles, I decided to replace the >ribbon connector with one that has multiple connectors and put a second >drive on it. Id'd it as master w/slave, and set the cdrw as slave. Both >drives came up and everything else seems to working properly (insert > >pushed Cuda & zapped pram, reset clock :-) ). What MacOS system and Mac OS ROM file? >Is the Rev B or C >required only if I want to use the main HD bus for multi drives? Can't >really understand using that though since there's really not any room >in the lower compartment (where the main HD is) for a second drive >anyways and I'm not sure I could find a ribbon with connectors space >far enough apart to go from the lower to upper compartments. Makes more >sense to utilize the space above where the zip drive goes and to the >left of the floppy. I manufacture and market a special cable to enable support of EIDE Bus 0 Slaves for DTs and MTs. These are quite different cables. Contact me off- List if interested. $21.95 plus $5.00 for handling and shipping by USPS Express Mail ($26.95 total). The DT version of the cable supports the basic HD in the normal "basement" position, and the expansion HD in the "mezzanine" of the "clamshell" case, in either the upper or lower left hand side. The MT version of the cable support the basic HD in the normal "penthouse" position, and the expansion HD in any of the four drive expansion bays. >Why did I need that Rev B or C Rom? Because Rev. B and C ROMs are required for Slave support on pre-X MacOSes. I have a Beige G3/333 (currently with a 533 MHz OWC ZIF) and I intentional installed a Rev. A ROM in this machine, which was originally built with a Rev. C ROM. I did this because the machine is all UW-SCSI (LVD), except for: 1) a CD-ROM-R-R/W (EIDE Bus 0, Master), and 2) a DVD-ROM-R-R/W (EIDE Bus 1, Master). Oh, and MacOS 9.2.1. The machine will not support Slaves. No way, no how. -- 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
