[X4U] ATA hard drives

[John Baltutis]

On 04/06/05, Ben Gold <bgold at acedsl.com> wrote:
>
> I have a g4 400 mhz that I want to add a lot of storage to.
>
> Firewire is one option, but I think I'd like to just add some ATA
> drives internally.  Its been awhile since I've had to purchase a hard
> drive.  Any recommendations on large ATA drives?
>
> I'm looking for maybe 2 300 gig drives or something around that (not
> sure what size ATA drives are up to).
>
> And what drives can I use... the g4 is ultra ATA?   what drives can't I
> use (I believe I cannot use SATA drives)?
>
> any info appreciated, sorry for the generalized question,

Internal ATA drives are limited to 128 GB. For larger drives, you'll need a
133 MHz card to extend that capacity or revert to FW. For drives, I'm sold
on Hitachi/IBM deskstars.