From: Samuel Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:44:44 +1000 Hi Jeff,
Jeff Walther wrote:
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> On the VST/Promise cards, the Promise cards require moving several resistors and
> some other fiddling.
Promise was the first manufacturer who announced the intention of producing
Mac-compatible IDE cards, but somehow never got around to it. Now that gets me
interested: which model is capable of Mac conversion, and how does one do it?
There are of course plenty of other IDE cards on the market, mouth-wateringly
inexpensive but ostensibly Windows-only, that would be an interesting exercise in
mackling of course!
Best,
Sam.
Oh but Promise does make Mac IDE cards in a way. They supplied the firmware for the VST card which was one of the first Mac IDE cards. OWC hired Promise to write new firmware for the VST card so it will run OSX (and also to help them sell the mountain of left over cards they had stock piled ;-) Promise also makes the firmware for the Sonnet ATA 100 & 133 IDE cards. I don't know who manufactures these cards it may well be Promise. Acard is the only other company making Mac IDE cards. As far as I've been able to tell. Will S
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