[MacDV] Re: storage/Frankenstein Macs

[Claudia Roberts]

sb:
I do have a Media 100 QX and Vincent Board.  If it does really work on the G4 I will
look into getting a new computer. - Thanks for the info.
-Claudia

sb wrote:

> Claudia:
>
> Are you using a Media 100 QX? Check and see what Vincent Board you have.
> While Media 100 doesn't officially support installing the boards into the
> newest machines, they do work. I've had my M100 original Vincent* board
> installed into a QS G4/733 and it works just fine.
>
> You can email me off list for more info on M100.
>
> regards,
>
> sb
>
> On 1/16/03 7:16 AM, "Claudia Roberts" <croberts at nyct.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Danny,
> > I meant DVD 4.5 Gig disk storage.  I'm using Media 100 and Adobe Premiere on
> > this
> > machine and heard that if I upgrade to a new machine I won't be able to use my
> > video
> > editing equipment on it any more so I would like to try to stay with the 9600.
> > I need
> > more storage space but don't want to use a another hard drive because of the
> > recent HD
> > failure.
> > thanks for responding
> > Claudia
> >
> > Danny Grizzle wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/16/03 8:26 AM, "Claudia Roberts" <croberts at nyct.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have a macintosh 9600 and would like to add DV removable storage.  I
> >>> need a lot of storage for images and video clips and would like to have
> >>> the removables because my video raid recently failed and I may have lost
> >>> a lot of data.  Does anyone know what I can use.  I would like to use
> >>> 4.5G removable disks.
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what "DV removable storage" is, or "4.5G removable disks." Just
> >> thought I would point out that I have a couple of older 8500 machines (c.
> >> 1995) which have been successfully upgraded using boards from Sonnet
> >> Technologies:
> >>
> >>   <http://www.sonnettech.com/>
> >>
> >> Specifically, I have added Cresendo G4 800 MHz CPU upgrade, plus a Tempo
> >> Trio card. The Tempo Treo adds Firewire, USB, and support for up to 4
> >> internal ATA/IDE hard disks.
> >>
> >> I am not using these particular computers for video applications, so I can't
> >> confirm whether the moon and stars and PCI bus as in alignment to support
> >> video data transfer rates. But I can confirm that all this stuff works great
> >> together, and that the upgrade has given my older computers a new lease on
> >> life.
> >>
> >> I also added a ton of RAM. For this, see Other World Computing:
> >>
> >>   <http://www.macsales.com>
> >>
> >> Other World Computing is becoming a major force in the Mac market. Their
> >> support for older Macs certainly beats all the mainstream mail order houses
> >> badly. Not only can you find memory & such for older machines, the price is
> >> on par with going market rate, not the super premium charged by others.
> >> Highly recommended!
> >>
> >> BTW - I have installed huge internal ATA hard disks and 120G external
> >> Firewire drives, and everything has worked like a charm.
> >>
> >> Danny Grizzle
> >>
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