Powermac G4

[Zypher]

I currently have a Power Mac G4 Digital Audio M7681LL/A (Quicksilver/Digital Audio), I bought at a thrift store several years back for $60, and am wanting to upgrade and add a few of my external hard drives and put them internal. I am in need of a PCI card with 1 or preferably 2 ide slots on it so that I can add a few more drives to this beast. I also would need to know if the PCI card would support OS 9 - X 10.4 as well as boot into both OS. Does anyone know of any PIC IDE cards that can do the trick? I have seen a few on ebay, but most are asking $200+ for these cards.

Thank you in advance, I have included Links for a better visual of what I have and am looking for.

-Steve

Apple Description of my Mac https://support.apple.com/en-us/112549

Every Mac Description and Photo https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac_g4/specs/powermac_g4_733.html

PCI Card i am hunting for or similar example: https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=91_55_60_61&products_id=5538

 

[Phipli]

@Zypher

Unfortunately Mac bootable PCI IDE cards tend to be expensive. $200 is high, but they're rarely very cheap.

It would probably be cheaper to get a SATA card and format a large SATA hard disk with several partitions and copy the IDE disks onto the partitions one at a time.

Only problem is that the common type of SATA card that can be flashed have issues with QuickSilvers, for some reason.

 

[Zypher]

Do you know of any SATA cards that are bootable to OS 9?

 

[Phipli]

Do you know of any SATA cards that are bootable to OS 9?

FirmTek SeriTek/1S2

Tempo Serial ATA PCI Computer Card - Sonnet

Also expensive, but you can flash PC equivalents... Except the common ones play up in QuickSilvers like I said. You can replace the regulator with a low dropout part.

The situation is less than $20 if you are willing to do some soldering and flash a card, or $100 or more if not... Unless you're really lucky and find one for sale listed badly, or in a cheap computer.

 

[s_pupp]

For SATA in OS9, I currently have the Acard AEC-6290M in one Mac, and AEC-6890M in another.

For IDE, the SIIG SC-MP4A12 2-Port PCI EIDE Ultra ATA-133/100 Controller for Mac comes up now and then for a reasonable cost. I bought one a couple months ago for less than $30 shipped.

BUT! If you want to use it in OS9, you MUST make sure it is an early model. It should look like the picture below. Last year, I ended up with two version 3 cards that work only in OSX.