At 04:15 -0700 08/13/2002, Howie S wrote: >Jerry, > >One more important thing... early Apple G3's had either a revision 1, or a >revision 2 motherboard. The former did not allow for a slave on the IDE bus. > >Apparently the System CD that came with revision 2 machines was blue. White >was the color for the revision 1 models system CD. So says lowendmac.com.
Another distinction is that revision 1 has the Rage II video chip and revision 2 has the Rage Pro chip, if I'm remembering correctly. However, the actual determining factor for slave IDE support on the beige is the version of ROM installed. If the machine still has the ROM it came with, then the above is a fine way to determine if you have slave support. However, it is possible to remove the rev. 1 ROM from a rev. 1 motherboard and install a later ROM which gives slave support. It is also possible to install a REv. 1 ROM in a later Rev. 2 motherboard and take away slave support. Jeff Walther -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
