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Offline Knezzen

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Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« on: September 22, 2016, 10:30:29 AM »
Hi!

Looking to kit one of my G4's with a SATA SSD, so I'm
In the market for a SATA PCI card for it.

A Sil3112 card or anything that works with Mac OS 9 will do just fine :)
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2016, 12:19:19 PM »
macos9-bootable or non bootable?

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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2016, 12:40:42 PM »
Mac OS 9 bootable :)
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2016, 10:45:12 PM »
Knez... I thought you were leaving the OS9 arena and moving on ?

Well, it's good to see you still have a use for it :)
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2016, 10:45:52 PM »
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #5 on: September 24, 2016, 01:34:06 AM »
Quote from: DieHard on September 22, 2016, 10:45:12 PM
Knez... I thought you were leaving the OS9 arena and moving on ?

Well, it's good to see you still have a use for it :)

We had to move on in the studio, but I took the MDD home and made it my main machine. Trying to really max it out now and since I won't be using TDM hardware at home I can stick a SATA card in it :)

FirmTek only gives out international shipping costs through email and I haven't heard back from them yet.

MacTron, if you see this; where did you buy your SeriTek card? If you bought it directly from FirmTek, how much did you pay for shipping?
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #6 on: September 24, 2016, 03:19:51 AM »
Quote from: Knezzen on September 24, 2016, 01:34:06 AM
MacTron, if you see this; where did you buy your SeriTek card? If you bought it directly from FirmTek, how much did you pay for shipping?
I have two of them ( I only use hardware that I have duplicate - at least- :) )
The first one (SeriTek/1eVE2+2 ) was bought in OWC. It cost me around 100 EURO ( the favored  exchange rate paid for the shipping and taxes few years ago )
The second one (SeriTek/1V4) was buyed in eBay from an EU user. And it cost me around 100 EURO also (inc. shipping) .
Despite it cost, I think this is a very valuable piece of harware.
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2016, 03:49:33 AM »
Buying from FirmTek is a no-go. Just got an email from them saying that none of the PCI and PCI-X cards are available for purchase from them anymore :(.

Guess I have to keep a lookout on eBay for them.
Is the PCI-X Sonnet Tempo cards any good? Are they bootable with Mac OS 9?
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2016, 04:19:49 AM »
Quote from: Knezzen on September 24, 2016, 03:49:33 AM
Is the PCI-X Sonnet Tempo cards any good? Are they bootable with Mac OS 9?
No. AFAIK.
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2016, 11:40:46 AM »
Correction! Seems like they still have some SeriTek/1eVE2+2 cards left, so get one while you can! Im sure going to.

The other cards are sold out though, at least at FirmTek.
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2016, 03:49:30 PM »
u are forgetting a good number of threads here where there was very valuable information shared re: programming eproms + making your own version of the seritek card using the exact same firmware
as well as other versions of mac compatible sata cards that were discovered + that info was shared here publicly

also the fact that there was a user from england who ran an FTP of mac os drivers + apps who offered to produce/solder SIL3112 cards with the firmware + proper type of ROM chip to achieve this.
these cards are of course only 2 port instead of 4 like the seritek firmtek ones. but they work just the same in regards to bootability + throughput
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2016, 10:21:42 PM »
I'm fully aware that I could flash a generic Sil3112 to work with my MDD, but I can't. I don't have any PCs that I can use and I'd rather spend the money on something that just works rather then spend a lot of my time trying to flash something that don't.

I contacted that "person from England" but haven't gotten any answer from him/her yet.
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2016, 10:36:04 PM »
Quote from: Knezzen on September 24, 2016, 10:21:42 PM
I'm fully aware that I could flash a generic Sil3112 to work with my MDD, but I can't. I don't have any PCs that I can use and I'd rather spend the money on something that just works rather then spend a lot of my time trying to flash something that don't.

I contacted that "person from England" but haven't gotten any answer from him/her yet.


im guessing for less than half the price of a 1v4 seritek u could get 2 or 3 from max

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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2016, 02:29:31 PM »
I'm that "Person for England" :)

I can still produce the cards for anyone who wants them, Just PM me (I don't visit here very often, But I do read my emails so if you PM me I will respond, just it may take a couple of days)

Lead time on them will be around 2 weeks as I have to order the cards in from china

Edit: The cards have got much harder to find! I'm seeing one sensible priced listing on aliexpress, and non on eBay (at least that are sold as sil3112 ones). I can still get them but anyone who wants one should let me know now
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2016, 11:43:41 PM »
I want one!
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #15 on: September 27, 2016, 10:23:42 AM »
Allrighty, Anyone else want one? i'll order a few cards towards the end of the week and produce some more
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #16 on: September 27, 2016, 10:24:45 AM »
nice one max cheers
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #17 on: September 27, 2016, 10:29:10 AM »
Do you know what the price will be? Let me know and i'll paypal you asap :)
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2016, 11:13:09 AM »
Me too here. Get me two!
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Re: Wanted: PCI SATA card for my G4
« Reply #19 on: September 27, 2016, 12:12:07 PM »
Quote from: max1zzz on September 27, 2016, 10:23:42 AM
Allrighty, Anyone else want one? i'll order a few cards towards the end of the week and produce some more
I have two of the max1zzz cards. I can testify that work great, and max1zzz is a "fully recommended seller"  :D and with very good customer support.  ;D
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