On Nov 5, 2004, at 2:58 AM, Will Schoumaker wrote:
Umax wasn't alone with the IDE controller one channel issue. The Apple machines with IDE of that era had the same issues. This included the 630 series 68K machines among others. It even includes the Beige G3 series version 1 and 2. The third and final version of the Beige G3 fixed this issue. Ready for a bit more trivia? It turns out it wasn't really the cheap IDE controllers used by Apple and Umax. It is Mac OS 8 and 9 that limits the IDE to one channel. Any of these machines when made to run OSX will work with 2 channel IDE! Boot into OS 9 and the second drive disappears. Granted I only know one person running OSX on a Umax c machine. However a number of Beige G3 series 1 and 2 owners take advantage of being able to add that second drive for OSX use without needing a PCI ATA/ide card. later Will S
As always, Will hits one out of the park...it was the OS all the time...who'd athunk it...
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