on 2/1/03 5:28 PM, Barbara Jackson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am new to this list serve thing but I am going to jump in with both feet. > I have a BW G3 350 Revision 1. --snip-- > Sonnet has a PCI card mounted ATA hard drive and controller with > the capability of using 2 other ATA devices. Does anyone have any experience > with this device, is it stupid to run a computer off a PCI card instead of > its internal bus or is there a cheaper way to accomplish the 2 HD system. > All I get for advice is to go with a firewire external HD and while that > fixes my storage and backup problems it is not bootable. Any advice welcome. > > Thanks > > Gene > Gene,
I have the Sonnet ATA100 card. It doesn't include a hard drive, just the cables to connect up to four internal hard drives. I think it works great. I bought a 20 gig and just recently an 80 gig drive. They are both connected using the Sonnet card. (One important point though -- you must format the drives while they are connected to the card in order for the Mac OS to recognize them as potential boot devices.) Most FireWire hard drives are $150-200. If you go with the card, you'll pay $100 for the card and around $100 for a decent hard drive. However, the price goes down for the next hard drive you buy -- just the $100 internal drive will be needed. Since your B&W can easily hold three drives in the bottom of the case, this might be an option you want to consider. Hope this helps, -- Kelly Jones http://www.wideopenwest.com/~kdjones74 <-- My old computer collection -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
