[G4] Slow bus :(

[Tony Sheeley]

Thanks,

 

I just wanted to know if the slow bus speed was on the ide channel or the motherboard.  I've got a couple of external drives, but didn't want to bother with them if I'm not going to get all the speed/capacity that they are capable of.  From what you have said, I should be fine.  Thanks.

 

Was it you or Eric W that sold me the cpu upgrade?
 

> Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 08:07:31 -0700
> From: eric-s-smith at comcast.net
> To: g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> Subject: Re: [G4] Slow bus :(
> 
> The 128GB disk size was a limitation of the original ATA spec.
> It has nothing to do with USB. So no, a USB drive will not have
> that size limitation.
> 
> What do you mean by slow bus speed? If you connect a USB 2.0 drive
> you will get USB 2.0 speed, theoretically 480Mbps but in practice
> somewhat less.
> 
> Eric S.
> 
> Tony Sheeley wrote:
> > I still have my old Dual G4 450. :)
> > 
> > I've just been given a Sonnet USB 2.0 card. Can someone tell me if I 
> > connect an external drive via this card, will I still be restricted to 
> > the rubbish 120 GB and slow bus speed?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > T
> > 
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