EIDE = ATA Any questions?

yeah, I got one... I've yet to write assembly to control IDE ports/HDs...and wondering if ATA is a subset of IDE or what? else why would they just randomly create the "ATA interfac…

Thanks for the quick reply. Since you seem to be on the ball here I'll throw you another question: will Apple's software controller be able to run the Maxtor or will I have to buy …

Just use Drive Setup to format the hard drive when you get it. However, make sure you set it to "slave." Having two "masters" on an ATA chain is not pretty, trust me.

gelly, didn't you know computers are supposed to be confusing? That's why Apple came along... although we had a heck of a time repairing some severely fragged disks today. Crimin…

more less related question...does DMA stand for Direct Memory Access?

Probably.

The Maxtor 30 gig works like a charm, using it right now in my B&W tower,

If there is a difference, it's that ATA was the expansion designed to support removeable media (the one that did not was called ATdisk. Both of them came with the PC AT.). By the w…

Thanks for all your help. I did go ahead and buy, then install the drive. Works beautifully. The transfer rate between drives is jaw dropping and I haven't dropped a frame in FCP y…

We have an old Performa 575 laying around (33 MHz, 36 MB RAM, 250 MB HD, etc.) and were wondering if there was a way to upgrade it to a 601 or 603 PPC AND upgrade the HD to somewhe…

I haven't heard of any specific ones for this series of computer but there maybe some around somewhere. The thing is I don't think it would be very cost effective. Even around seco…

I did find some prices for an upgrade and it was outrageous!! $500 some odd dollars to take me to a 603 75 MHz! I think a rev B would be a much better choice. Thanks.

Or, just get an older powermac and upgrade it to a G3. ------------------ People aren't as dumb as you think. Wait, what was I thinking, 90% of the world uses WINDOWS! You don't…

Speaking of old computers... I have an old 636cd. Where could I go to find out what it would be worth if I sold it. It has 250MB HD, 16MB ram, 66mhz chip (I think), 15" screen,…

blizaine, there is an URL posted in the BUY/SELL forum somewhere that will take you to a site that gives ballpark figures for value of nearly any Mac... i forget just where that U…

I used to own one of these machines (actually, it started life as a Performa 550). When Apple settled the lawsuit over PowerPC upgrades for these machines, I scrimped and saved and…

if you want to find out the current market value for the computer, go to www.everymac.com and check it out, they list, uh, every mac and its specs and prices and all. as for the p…

Hello. Just a quick question. Is it possible to remove region control in apple dvd players? Simply, I want to buy some UK only DVD releases and want to be able to play them here…

All the answers can be found at http://perso.club-internet.fr/farzeno/firmware/ Read the instructions carefully.

read this thread for more info: http://forums.macnn.com/cgi-bin/Foru...ML/000189.html By the way you might like to search the forums before posting as there are many similar post…

I have been doing a lot of reading into adding a Game Wizard to my rev. D and I still have a few questions about the whole situation. First, if I can, I want to avoid swapping mob…

You shouldn't notice any difference in graphics if you swap your mobo with a rev. B. Why? Because rev. B's have rage pro and 6MB VRAM, which is the same as your current rev d. Qu…

Right. Thanks. Does anyone know about OS X support, or anyone who is planning drivers or system level threads or whatever to get the Game Wizard to work with OS X? And that addi…

1. Swap. The onboard vid card is the same. Swap. Thats all I can say. its easy, its simple, its fun. 2. The 12 meg card is NOT an iMac card, its a PCI card for tower macs. …