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| IDE cards compatible with ATAPI? | |
| Posted by: DarthNvader on 2021-12-09 11:18:48 Were there any PCI IDE cards that supported ATAPI drives in these old PCI Macs? | |
| Posted by: trag on 2021-12-09 12:23:44 If I remember correctly, I had an ATA DVD-ROM drive connected to a VST Ultra-66 card years ago. I currently have a DVD-RW drive connected to an Acard 6820M, which pretty much guarantees it would work fine with a 6880M as well. The only difference between the two is that the 6880M has on-board RAID capabilities and since it works in Classic and OSX is kind of cool. As far as I know the 6880M is the only method that can give you a RAID capable of being used whether you boot from Classic or OSX. | |
| Posted by: macuserman on 2021-12-09 13:08:35 I have several cards I can test them with a cd rom drive when I get a chance if you would to know for certain I'm guessing most of them will work fine. | |
| Posted by: jessenator on 2021-12-09 13:31:35 I guess I'm assuming quite a lot about your question when I answer. If you're asking if any generic, i.e. Windows PC-geared PCI ATA cards, my experience is that they don't work at all. As far as I can work it out, you need a Mac-ROM-flashed card in order to have functionality on Old World ROM Macintosh machines. (pre-blue-and-white-G3) I've tried several generic PCI IDE/ATA cards in my PCI Macs and I haven't gotten any to register in 7.6.1-9.1 Your mileage may vary, but were it me, I wouldn't buy a generic card and hope it works. At least, I wouldn't do it again. If it's already a Mac-ROM card, you should be golden. The holdup will likely be which version of Apple CD-ROM extension you have installed. | |
| Posted by: gijsmans on 2022-01-15 16:36:49 I have the PCI IDE card below from a G4. Works great.  | |
| Posted by: CC_333 on 2022-02-09 20:56:48 I think I have that same card (Acard 6280M, not sure about rev 3.0) and it works 100% with the CD-RW drive I installed in my PowerTower Pro. c | |
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