On Aug 27, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Oliver Fairhall wrote: > I have a G4 MDD (FW 400, not 800 model), which I would like to add SCSI to. > All my PCI slots are taken up. I am mainly using this with OS 9.2.2. I would > like to know what is the best featured/most reliable option for adding SCSI > for this machine, that doesn't use a PCI slot? > > I use the machine as a legacy DSP farm for my home music studio. I use a Korg > OASYS PCI card, which will not run under OSX. My idea for the SCSI was to > interface with my old hardware samplers (EMU/Ensoniq/Akai). > > I have read about some Firewire and USB SCSI adapters, but information is a > little sparse as to how these really perform in practice. Some also don't > allow a complete SCSI chain, just one device. If really necessary, I could > possibly try to free one PCI slot, but I would really rather not. It seems > that some PCI SCSI solutions were more highly regarded. I certainly would not > want too much hassle with an unreliable solution, if that's all I would get > with USB/Firewire SCSI adapters. > > BTW, I have heard of PCI expansion racks to add more PCI slots; are these any > good? Is there a performance degradation with these? >
Well, forget USB, OS 9 only supports USB 1.1 so you'd be limited to 12MBps. Most of what I know about the Firewire - SCSI adapters is that they are rare. What other PCI cards do you have, maybe there are some options there. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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 For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
