In a message dated 4/26/02 6:34:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 2. Also I think a good upgrade is to for sure get off the factory ATA/33 IDE bus with either the ATA/133 PCI card or the raid card. Is that correct? >> Possibly. Many machines don't have enough bus bandwidth to consistently achieve more than about 66 MB/sec, anyway. What you WILL get with an UATA/133 card is 48-bit LBA addressing capability (some, UATA/100 cards also offer this capability). 48-bit LBA is necessary to use a drive over 137 GB capacity. >> 3. Can you connect your CDR or CDR/W to the new PCI card or raid card? >> Some, but surely not all. And, so far, the only drive types which seem to work without any exceptions are hard drives and certain demountable media drives such as SyJets and Zips. For certain, the normally bootable Apple-provided EIDE CD-ROM cannot be booted from if attached to an UATA card. And, by logical extension, an EIDE CD-R/W is undoubtedly also not bootable. However, certain applications such as Toast 5 seem to well tolerate an EIDE CD-R/W on a simulated SCSI bus, whereas earlier versions of Toast would not. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
