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Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Someone is offering a G4 450mHz dual processor system for sale on a local
> list. I expect by the time he is done, he will be willing to give it to
> a good (or any home) instead of putting it in the trash/recycling.
>
> It seems to good to throw out, but not good enough for me to take.
> However if I were able to put a SATA controller in it, even if it were
> not bootable, it may have more appeal.
>
> Anyone done it?
>
> Do know if any of the cheap eBay controllers work in it? Are supported by
> OSX.
>
> RAID, etc not needed, just enough to put in an internal drive bigger than
> 120 megabytes.

I've had a similar machine - though upgraded to a dual 1,4ghz. [btw. 
still working just fine.:-)]

Since it has onboard Firewire 400 it can run OS X 10.4.11, and the dual 
450mhz could be very fine for use as a file server, music server etc..

The Apple branded SATA-i/II PCI cards from Sonnet, NewerTech and ACard 
will all work in the old G4 - also as bootable.

- Sonnet Crescendo, single channel, PCI BUS 0 ID 0+1
   Up to 2x 1,0tb SATA-I/SATA-150. Master + Slave
- Sonnet Crescendo, dual channel, PCI BUS 0+1, ID 0+1
   Up to 4x 1,0tb SATA-I/SATA-150. 2x Master + 2x Slave
- NewerTech SATA PCI Single Controller, PCI BUS 0, ID 0
   Up to 1,0tb SATA-I/SATA-150. Master only
- ACard AHARD Single Channel SATA PCI Controller, PCI BUS 0+1
   Up to 2x 1,0tb SATA-I/II (SATA-150/300). Master + Slave
- ACard AHARD Dual Channel SATA PCI Controller, PCI BUS 0+1, 2x ID 0+1
   Up to at least 1,0tb SATA-I/II (SATA-150/300) per ID. 2x Master + 2x 
Slave.

All these card can be munted in either of the PCI sockets.

All controllers support 5,25" CD/DVD drives either master or slave. 
Needs Master config, if wanted to be bootable.

Note. The card must be Macintosh compatible, so the very cheap cards 
normally won't work in a Mac, - firmware on the card won't match the 
needs on the G4.

Cheers, Erik Richard

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Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 10:49 +0000
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-16 09:23 -0500
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2014-02-16 14:47 +0000
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 17:14 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-16 18:05 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-16 20:21 +0100
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-16 11:08 -0800
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-16 14:29 -0500
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-16 20:54 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-16 23:50 -0800
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-16 20:10 +0100
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 20:39 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-16 16:01 -0500
        Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-17 04:39 +0000
          Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-17 10:13 +0100
            Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-17 10:04 +0000
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-02-17 10:25 -0500

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