David Deckert writes: >mospeada in san jose wrote: >>performance is my main concern right now > >An inexpensive ATA66 controller and relatively recent hard drive is >perhaps one of the biggest bangs for your buck you could do for an old >PCI Mac, IMO. But ATA100 controllers are coming down now too, so...
Just picked up an Acard Ahard Ultra66 PCI card from Other World Computing for $54.99 plus shipping. I'm using it in a beige G3, and it works wonderfully under Mac OS 9 -- however (as already posted to the G-List), I cannot get either of my large UltraATA drives to boot from either the internal IDE bus or the Acard PCI card under Mac OS X 10.1.5. This may be a beige G3 issue.... But for the classic Mac OS, a highly recommended upgrade. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
