There are no PATA drives over 500 gig. The technology shifted after that point.
Yeah, old G4s. I have a bunch of them. I know. G4s kinda like Tiger but they really don't like Leopard. Some of the later ones (as well as my G5 ) have these giant processor sections with liquid cooling and outside pipes that look like miniatures of the first hydrogen bomb. TIGER DIRECT has a cheap ($14) USB card that seems to be rated for Mac and has good reviews http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4143850&csid=_25 On 9 June 2010 11:10, Richmond <[email protected]> wrote: > > What is not at all clear to me is what is actually inside the Maxell Tank; > documentation is minimal > to say the least, and I am reluctant to open the thing up until its > guarantee expires (2 years); but, > for a 1.5 TB disk it is rather cheap. Should it contain a PATA or a SATA > disk I am wondering about > buying an empty Firewire enclosure in Britain (will be over there for 12 > days at the start of August) > to transfer it to. > > -------------------------------------- > > The whole thing, ultimately, boils down to my own stupidity. I should have > realised that a G4 Mac at > 7 years old just might throw a tantrum; and I should have made proviso for > that; but didn't. > > -- ------------------------- Stephen Barncard San Francisco _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
