Subject: Re: using acard scsi to ide bridge on a G3 B&W
To: admin@agnus.datazap.net <admin@agnus.datazap.net>
From: John Klos <john@ziaspace.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 09/30/2005 12:06:20
Hi, Al,

> I was just wondering if someone could tell me if an ACARD AEC-7720UW 
> will work on an Blue and white G3? I was doing some reading at: 
> acard.com and they say that you need to update the firmware so that the 
> drive can be recognized by "Apple Drive Setup". I will netboot the G3 
> and do the install with pdisk and hformat (of course, I will use newfs 
> on the NetBSD partitions). Will I need to update the firmware to be used 
> by NetBSD?

The Acard adapters will work with NetBSD. It's always good to have the 
latest firmware because they fix various quirks, but I've been using all 
sorts of Acard adapters for many years now.

John