[G4] New External HD for G4 450? - Suggestions Please

[Dale Hoffman]

Jon,

The Voyager Docks support eSATA as well, although I'm not sure what the data transfer limitations of the G4 mother board are with or without a PCI card. There is where your limitation lies, I think.
Dale

On Oct 2, 2013, at 7:24 PM, Jon wrote:

> Thank you.  I am particularly interested in a fast external HD.
> 
> I have been doing some reading and sata and eSata drives are fast &
> appear to be mac compatible.  I also see there is a PCI card
> available, and it will apparently transfer 3 GB/second.  I am
> unfamiliar with the format (or the difference between the two) but it
> sounds like its just the ticket.
> 
> Is this possible with a G4? I have a Sonnet 1.53 ghz processor.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> jonny
> 
> ps- I have been a subscriber to this list since September 2007;
> g4 at salemoregon.com
> 
> 
> On 10/2/13, Dale Hoffman <dhoff at margnat.com> wrote:
>> You can put two more drives in your G4.
>> If you add a PCI card, I think you can support 1TB internally.
>> That way you avoid the cost of an enclosure.
>> My other suggestion would be to get an external dock (Voyager from MacSales)
>> and drop plain drives into it.
>> The dock connects via FW400/800 and USB and costs about $80.
>> Treat it like a Zip drive using full scale HDDs instead of Zip Cartridges.
>> 
>> Dale