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dex22
May 28, 2007, 03:41 PM
One A-Card AEC-6880M true hardware RAID ultra-ATA 133 adaptor for any PCI powermac, including MDD G4 powermacs. Includes box, manual/instructions and original IDE cables. This card supports four drives, and can handle the newest 750GB and 1TB drives with a PATA interface.

The card supports RAID 0, 1 and normal mode. Plug and play. Works with any G3, G4 or G5 with a PCI slot free. Much faster than on-board IDE (especially on ATA-66 and ATA-100-equipped G3 and G4 powermacs) - and it's bootable. Barefeats review. (http://www.barefeats.com/hard21.html)

Also, together or separately, two Maxtor Diamondmax 300GB 7200RPM 16MB cache drives, model 6L300R0. Currently set up in striped configuration, which gives a total capacity of 558.8GB. I used this for editing video, where I get sustained transfer rates in the 90MB/sec area, although I have seen as high as 120MB/sec in some speed tests.

Items come from a clean Mac in a smoke-free household. They were installed in June 2006, so they're not yet a year old. They have never given any trouble whatsoever.

Looking for $60 for the RAID card, $110 for both 300GB drives, or $150 for both, which includes shipping to the lower 48. Items will be well packed and I'll give a DOA warranty, and help in setting them up if you'd like.



dex22
Jun 3, 2007, 12:10 PM
Bump: prices lowered.

MacDann
Jun 3, 2007, 01:02 PM
Not to thread crap, but the ACARD RAID can be had for under $60 new on eBay - just so you're aware.

A good package deal with the drives, however. I have two 400G PATA drives with this card in a G4 Quicksilver 733MHz as a backup server and it works great.

MD

dex22
Jun 3, 2007, 01:07 PM
The standard ACARD RAID cards are problematic in MDD powermacs - this was the improved version to handle the longer cable lengths needed in MDD machines - and includes the longer cables. The original cards would not work with cables over 18"

Hope this helps...

MacDann
Jun 3, 2007, 01:58 PM
The standard ACARD RAID cards are problematic in MDD powermacs - this was the improved version to handle the longer cable lengths needed in MDD machines - and includes the longer cables. The original cards would not work with cables over 18"

Hope this helps...

Just to clarify, I am talking about the newer version. I don't believe the older version is still available unless you bought it used.

MD

dex22
Jun 3, 2007, 02:15 PM
Just to clarify, I am talking about the newer version. I don't believe the older version is still available unless you bought it used.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ACARD-AEC-6880M-RAID-Adapter-for-PCI-Power-MAC-ATA-133_W0QQitemZ320121723867QQihZ011QQcategoryZ39968QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

There are three of these on eBay for $54.74, plus $12 shipping. My $60 price includes shipping.

Also, these are NOT the MDD-compatible version, which have a sticker on the lower right corner, just above the "Acceleration for DTP and Photo Retouching" bubble. They come with 18" IDE cables and will not support 24" cables.