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Top stories of Dec. 12th, 2000: |
| Nvidia RoadMap Shows GeForce2 Slated for Macs: |
There's been rumors and stories on Nvidia working on Mac graphics card drivers, etc. for a long time. (They also hired Jim Black from Apple about a year ago, and had a job opening for a QA tester for Mac products recently.) The latest is the saga was sent by Jonas Palm who wrote to say that Digit-Life has a page on an Nvidia's presentation that includes a link to a Nvidia Graphics Chip Roadmap that shows the GeForce2 slated for use with Macs. (They used an iMac as the icon - but then they are likely to be going after the onboard chip Apple business as well as graphics card versions).
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| Kawasaki Jet Ski (Game) Goes Gold: |
Monkey Byte Development today announced that Kawasaki JET SKI® watercraft game has gone Gold Master. JET SKI will be available for purchase beginning
December 15th at the Monkey Byte eCommerce web site which will have exclusive on-line sales for Christmas. Encore Software, Inc. will publish the title through retail channels.
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| QPS Firewire 12/10/32 CDRW 1.07 Firmware Update: |
| Scott Ellsworth wrote that QPS has released a 1.07 firmware update for the Firewire CDRW drives (same firmware as the Plextor 1.07 I assume) but notes that like the Plextor updater, it's for PCs only.
I hope Plextor releases a Mac IDE CDRW flash utility soon, and a flasher is really needed for drives in Firewire cases. (Especially for the 12/10/32 Plextor drive, which has had a lot of firmware updates in the last 6 months.)
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| Ratoc FireREX1 FireWire to Ultra SCSI User Comments Wanted: |
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I'm interested in the RATOC FireREX1 FireWire to Ultra SCSI converter:
www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/subpages/firerex1.html
I have a B&W G3, and I'm shopping for a tape backup drive like an
NS-20 from ClubMac, which is Ultra SCSI. To save a PCI slot, I'm
thinking this adapter would be cool to plug the tape drive into a
FireWire port, rather than installing an Ultra SCSI adapter card.
But, what about performance of the tape drive for backups? I'd
appreciate your asking for user experience on this or similar devices
(I guess Adaptec may have something, too).
-Larry Harrison
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If any readers have used the Ratoc adapter please let me know your experiences (include your system and device details also). Thanks!
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| More on Maxtor ATA/100 Drive/Sonnet/Acard ATA/66 Card Issue: |
| The reader that reported file corruption on large file copies over a network in yesterday's news wrote back to say that switching to an older Apple driver seems to have solved the problem. His email lists the various Apple Drive Setup versions he used. |
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Hi Mike,
after many test I think tha the problem is NOT related to the Maxtor HD
but probabily is caused by a conflict between Tempo Card and Apple SCSI
driver (and PowerMac ethernet ?).
In my previous e-mail, I was unable to downgrade the apple driver from
8.1.4 simply because Drive Setup 1.8.1 (SYS 9 CD) I've used install the
same version. To downgrade the Maxtor HD to the 8.0.9 Apple low level
SCSI driver, I used Drive Setup 1.4 (sys 8.1 CD) and with this version,
the file corruption problem when I copy the file over the network
disappear !!!
I've tried this many times (with both 3.1.0 and 3.0.8 ACard firmware on
the Tempo Card) and I've no doubts: with 8.0.9 SCSI driver (or 4.0
FWB-HDT driver) both the Maxtor as Western Digital HD works well, while
with the 8.1.4 SCSI driver the Maxtor HD (and probabily also the Western
Digital HD, but I'll try this tomorrow after I've baked up all my files)
always corrupt the 10MB network transferred StuffIt file I've used in my
test.
I think that any owner of Sonnet Tempo card should make a similar test to
verify the entity of this issue (note: to read the SCSI driver version
used in your hd, get-info on the volume icon and read the end of the
"where:" label).
This is al little table I've verified about the relation between
DriveSetup version and SCSI driver version:
[Note - as mentioned since the first IDE card review here, they appear as SCSI to the MacOS and therefore have a SCSI driver, not IDE-Mike]
Drive Setup 1.3 (sys8) -> 8.0.8
Drive Setup 1.4 (sys 8.1) -> 8.0.9
Drive Setup 1.8.1 (sys 9) -> 8.1.4
Drive Setup 1.9.2 (OS X b) [and OS 9.04-Mike] -> 8.1.4 (but the partition scheme changes
because there is an extra "Apple_FWdriver" partition not created by Drive
Setup 1.8.1)
Bye.
Pier Luigi Covarelli"
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| Drive Compatibility Database Updates: |
| The Drive Compatibility searchable database had 13 new entries posted this morning (current total 2,167). (Note - I welcome OS X reports in the database from users of non-Apple CD/DVD/CDRW/Firewire drives - select OS X on the entry form)
DVD ROM Drives:
- IDE Toshiba SD-M1402 (12x/40x) in Beige G3 (w/Wired4DVD card)
- IDE Toshiba 10X DVD/40X CDROM in B&W G3
(noted having to set the drive to slave, vs master)
CDRW Drives:
- IDE Plextor 8/4/32 in B&W G3
- Firewire Freecom (Ricoh mechanism) Traveller 4x4x20 (used w/BW G3)
(filed under "other brands")
- Firewire Lacie 8x4x32x w/G4 AGP
(problems noted, returning drive)
- SCSI Smart & Friendly CD Speedwriter Plus w/PowerTower Pro
Hard Drives:
- IDE IBM Travelstar 20GB in PB G3 Wallstreet1 (13.3")
(noted no problems with sleep/lid closing/magnetic sensor)
- IDE IBM 75GXP 45GB in G4/AGP
(used this install guide)
- Firewire Maxtor 40GB with iMac Rage128 Pro (2000 model)
- IDE Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 20GB in Umax S900 w/PCI IDE card
(notes no audio problems)
- IDE Quantum 30GB in 7600 w/PCI IDE Card
(noted no A/V stuttering)
- IDE Toshiba 17GB in PowerBook G3 wallstreet2
- IDE Western Digital 30GB in ADS Firewire case (used w/7500)
(filed under Firewire interface)
You can find these full reports by searching the database with the drive/brand/mac models listed above selected (the latest reports are shown first in searches).
If you've added a IDE, SCSI, Firewire or USB hard drive, CDRW, tape drive, etc. make sure you add a report to the database.
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| Rate Your CPU Upgrade Database Updates: |
| The Rate Your CPU Upgrade database has been updated with 6 new reports (total to date: 4,921). [Entries from after midnight will be added the following day.]
- Powerlogix BlueChip G3/500 in PB G3 wallstreet 2 (rated 10)
(no install problems with 10GB Toshiba replacement drive)
- Powerlogix G3/300 in 7600/120 (rated 9)
- Powerlogix G3/466 in 8600/250 (rated 10)
- Powerlogix G3/375 in 7600 (rated 10)
- Sonnet G3/375 in 7600/132 (rated 9)
- Sonnet G3/400 in 5400/180 (rated 10)
You can find these full reports by searching the database selecting the indicated Mac model and upgrade card brand/type. If you've upgraded the CPU on your Mac, please post an entry in the database. Search the database for entries from most every upgradable Mac model *before* you buy. (Searchable by mac model/upgrade brand)
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