Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Topic started by: supernova777 on February 23, 2014, 06:22:59 PM
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Sonnet Allegro Firewire 800
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro800.html
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/Afirewire800_0710.jpg)
apparently this card will allow you to use fw800 devices on mac os 9..
i have a fw800 external western digital "my studio" hard drive
and to use it on my g4's i have to use this fw400<->fw800 adapter
which works fine but the thing is very awkward and it
doesnt stay in the port all that well.
perhaps i need to get a different adapter, but
this card for the right price could be beneficial to people
who dont have need for their slots for other purposes!
note that this is a 64bit pci-x card!
Mac Compatibility
Power Mac G5 (with PCI or PCI-X slots)
Power Mac G4 (with PCI slots)
Power Mac G3 (Blue & White)
OS X® 10.5, 10.4, and 10.3
Mac OS 9 (at FireWire 400 speed)
Windows Compatibility
PC (with PCI or PCI-X slots)
Windows® 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista®(1), and Windows XP SP2(1)
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/allegro400.html
(http://www.sonnettech.com/product/images/Afirewire400_0710.jpg)
^^ note this other fw400 product they offer uses the "NEC" chipset and is 32bit while the above one uses "Texas Instruments" TI chipset and is 64 bit
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonnet-Technologies-Fad-824-Firewire-800-To-400-Adapter-Connect-Fw-400-fad824-/231109438968?pt=US_FireWire_Cables_Adapters&hash=item35cf322df8
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MzY1WDUwMA==/z/1N4AAOxy4dNSqvNY/$_12.JPG)
heres the stupid adapter i have to use
althought its not the same brand its the same awkward long shape
actually mine is the opposite.. it changes the end of a fw800 cord to be compatible with a fw400 port