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