On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:35 AM, yawg wrote:
> > Hi, > > I was looking for a bootable SATA PCI controller but couldn't fine > one, also most of them are not bootable anyway. > > But there is a good solution out there, a simple small SATA to PATA > adapter that cost me just 9 euros. It fits on the SATA hard disk and > presto! It's just like a big fast ATA disk. > > The stated 2 or 3 GB per second performance of SATA disks is > impossible anyway. That speed will only be reached in burst mode when > data is read directly from the cache of the disk and that cache is > mostly 32 MB IIRC. > > Now I have an extra fast 1 TB disk for the price of a standard 500 GB > ATA one. Works for me ... > > Regards, Jörg. Something like this?: http://www.xpcgear.com/idetosataconv.html The following is an SATA Controller to IDE drive adapter (and not the reverse): http://www.mcpb.com/html/sta.psata.adp.html I like "mcpb" for scsi solutions AND their great Tech Support ... Wonder if they'll also get the IDE Controller to SATA drive boards? I might go for it ... Bill Connelly artsite: http://mysite.verizon.net/moonstoneartstudio myspace: http://www.myspace.com/moonstoneartstudio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
