>Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:51:28 -0500 From: Jeff Walther wrote: > > SNIP ...I am using an Acer 16X DVD/40X CDROM drive attached to a VST >UltraTech/66 ATA66 card (IDE). It works flawlessly using Apple's >DVD/CDROM Extension in both OS 9.1 and 8.6. The ATAPI support on >the VST card is very good. > >I use this drive with a Wired4DVD card and DVDs play very nicely, >although I ran into a problem with play just stopping and the screen >image freezing a couple of times. Didn't freeze up the computer, the >image just stopped, the sound continued for a few moments and then >that froze. Hitting Pause, Play started it up again. Very odd. It >only happened a couple of times, but figured I'd throw that in for >fairness. > >I'm less enthused about the VST card, since I've discovered several >odd incompatibilities caused by the card, but it really does ATAPI >drives (CD and DVD related) well. Note that other more compatible >ATA cards may do ATAPI as well.....
-- Hi Jeff & Listers, I should always remember "details" when addressing, your comments are interesting as always, I never really understood the meaning of ATAPI & IDE until I read your response to my DVD question. I did a search found some material at a Stanford U site, "Defining" & "PCI timing issues" which is what I think you were detailing...I then went to "XLR8yourmac.com" and found your comments on their "drive database pages" with your DVD experiences. Details here: S900, xlr8G3/400 processor card, PCI slots as follows: #1 ATI Radeon for Mac (32) #2 Sonnet Tempo ATA 100 #3 Adaptec USB (2port) all other slots are empty. No SCSI cards in use...Zip, Yamaha 2100S burner, Matshita CDROM all on MoBo. 3 Hard Drives all IDE, Seagate (40gig)"Single" Partitioned for OS9.1 & OSX, IBM & WD (20gigeach) Master & Slave....I don't want to run SCSI at all, the drives connected to MoBo are working well enough for me, so that means ATAPI/IDE as my path... Can I "Slave" another device to the "Single" Seagate? the DVD.... It looks like I can find a DVD-ROM fairly cheap, the ACER looks good and I guess the "Wired4DVD" is essential for adequite playback, I can't seem to find one anywhere, any hints...OWC doesn't seem to list them anymore, though I might call. I guess the unknown is how the Sonnet will behave? I am really having fun tinkering with these machines, "pushing the envelope" so to speak, I've as you know recovered from recent "troubles". Successfully installed OSX MoBo -SCSI, then "cloned" to IDE, a dream! I've subscribed to "Unsupported OSX" and have been reading both with lists, with much interest. As always thanks in advance. Phillip -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | SPECIAL SM LIST PRICES - 24x Bootable SCSI CDROM $39.99, Umax Processors $19.99 PowerSupplies from C500/C600 $49.99 J700/S900 $79.99 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/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/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
