In a message dated 8/16/01 9:14:24 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>
BOTH, unfortunately. And remember that this is the Yosemite we're talking
about, not Beige G3.
>>
Yes, the Beige is a Gossamer, right?
<<
Also note that Sonnet and others now have ATA/100 IDE controllers, as well as
hardware IDE raid controllers (which offer even faster performance). If you
have a
G3, with or without G4 upgrade, adding a sure-to-be-discounted ATA/66
controller ...
>>
They're still getting $87 for the VST UATA/66 card including SoftRAID. Very
dependable.
The Sonnet UATA/66 card has flaky firmware. There is no perfect UATA card ...
yet, but it just might be the Sonnet UATA/100.
Early Sonnet UATA cards were ACARD.
The Sonnet UATA/100 card is Promise. The VST UATA/66 card is also Promise.
The Mac firmware was developed independently of Promise as Promise only makes
PC products under its own name.
>>
... together with a pair of IBM 60GXP drives, is a low-cost way to
boost performance (while saving up to buy a G4 in the future).
>>
60GXPs are great drives.
The 7200 rpm 60GXP is quieter than a 5400 rpm Maxtor.
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