[geeks] Anyone use XPostFacto?

Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm at mendelson.com
Tue Oct 14 02:15:41 CDT 2008


On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 08:18:54PM -0400, Sandwich Maker wrote:
I wrote:

>" Drives released after the 80 wire cables became common will refuse to
>" go into 66mHz DMA mode with a 40 wire cable and therefore work fine.
>[in a bondi imac]

Andrew asked:

>any recollection of about when this happened?

Sorry, I have no idea, I would guess 2004. I have an older than that 80gig
Maxtor that can't tell, and some 40 and a 60 gig "Chinese IBM" (Excelstor) 
drives that I think can.

Geoff.
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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM



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