> From: Chrisso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> The Acard ATA/IDE 66 works fine and without drivers in 8.6-9.1 and OS
> X.
> It's cheap now, and there's no need for a faster controller card in
> older
> machines like the J700.
> Mine works fine with two ATA drives (13 and 30 GB) and a Lite-On CDRW
> drive,
> and it works in the lower slots of the S900.
>
> http://www.eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=3853&Item=ACDAEC6260M
>
> Another nice option is the Sonnet Trio, if you want USB 2.0, FireWire
> and
> ATA 133 on one card. But it's much more expensive and I suppose it
> will only
> work in the two inner slots of the J700.
>
> http://www.eshop.macsales.com/
> Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=4798&Item=STIT133FWU2M
>
> HTH,
>
> Chrisso
>
I'm just going to say I agree with Chrisso. The ACard/ATA66 card at
apox $57.50 is perhaps the best deal currently for our machines. The
VST ATA card seems to be sold out. It was selling for $49.00 + $10.00
for the firmware upgrade for OSX.
Both OWC and Acard website say the below about the card which is good
news.
> At this time, all CD, CD-R, CD-RW drives are compatible.
>
> Also, at this time all Hard Drives are compatible.
My Sonnet ATA/66 card is made by Acard and uses the same firmware. In
fact the Acard website has newer firmware then the Sonnet site. I 'm
using the latest firmware from Acard and running 3 hard drives and a
cheap PC IDE DVD/CDROM player on my J700. later Will S
PS.It is true the Trio card needs slot 1 or 2 and currently has
firmware problems with OSX 10.2.1. I am sure those will be fixed in
time but the ATA/66 card is happy in any slot.
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