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Master/Slave Support
Some Power Macintosh G3 Desktop computers support
adding two ATA/IDE devices to the same ATA/IDE channel, or
what is commonly known as master and slave. This
configuration provides user with the ability to add additional
hard drives or removal media devices to their system.
Because the cabling is different, you cannot replace ATA
drives with SCSI drives and vice versa. (See “Support for
Master and Slave” in the Basics chapter.)
Ultra Wide SCSI Cable Routing
The Ultra Wide SCSI cable (if present) must be routed
inside the computer’s chassis in a very specific manner.
Failure to route the cable correctly could result in
performance problems. (See “Ultra Wide SCSI PCI Card” in