Hi Mike,
The seller may or may not have the driver/SW - we'll
see. And if there is a Mac hardware version, why no dl
at the Adaptec site, or did I misinterpret what you
wrote?
Groan and grin - it's not mission critical, but
upgradng this ol' G3 beige desktop is a full-time
part-time job.
Regards, George
--- Mike Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >2. the Adaptec PCI 2940UW - can you use a peecee
> card
> >in a beige G3?
> >I noticed the Adaptec site has slightly different
> >model numbers for peecee and Mac versions (and no
> >driver dl for Mac specifically); there's also
> possibly
> >three (?) flavours of this model number?
> >Thanks
> >George
>
> This is an interesting one. The 'kosher' Mac
> 'Powerdomain' model has
> a larger firmware EEPROM than the stock Winders
> version... or does
> it? Apparently some of the latter are configured
> the same as the
> former... flash it with NOT THE LATEST firmware and
> see. I hit
> lucky, cadging a free 2940UW from out of a Pentium
> II and putting it
> in a beige G3. If not lucky then you need to be
> very handy at
> soldering IC components...
>
> I include the following links that tell the whole
> story. If you have
> further questions (like can't get hold of the
> software from Adaptec's
> site any longer) then please mail me directly.
>
> http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/tips/adaptecConvert.html
>
>
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/ULTIMATE_MAC/SCSI/SCSIstep4.html
>
>
> >Love your neighbour as yourself. (from Luke 10:27)
>
> good idea!
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