Sonnet TEMPO ULTRA ATA66 Specification

Key Features:

Easy installation

Compatible with most PCI Power Macintosh

®

Conveniently co-exists with SCSI and other
pre-existing devices

Supports all types of Ultra DMA drive protocols:
ATA1, ATA2, ATA3, ATA4, and ATA5 (Ultra DMA66)

Achieve a maximum data transfer rate of 66MB/s

Add up to 4 internal ATA/IDE hard drives

Allows Mac

®

OS to boot from any attached drive

One cable included (supports two drives)

Supports Mac OS 7.5.3 through Mac OS X

Trilingual (English, French, Spanish) manual
available; Quick Start Guide available in Japanese

Why SCSI your Macintosh®when you can IDE it? With the
Tempo Ultra ATA66 PCI Host Adapter from Sonnet
Technologies you can now take advantage of the latest
low-cost, high-capacity ATA/IDE fixed media hard drives,
instead of being limited to the slower, more expensive, SCSI
alternatives. Users of PCI Power Macintoshes and Mac
clones will be amazed by the performance improvements
that this legacy Mac enhancement provides.

The Tempo card is perfect for users whose Macs lack IDE
capability or are equipped with a slower ATA/33 interface,
but who want to economically increase their storage
capacity and disk speed. Simply install the Tempo Ultra
ATA66 card into any available PCI slot and connect up to
four internal Ultra ATA/66 drives (cable for two drives
included).*

*Limited support for removeable media devices. Visit

www.sonnettech.com/products/tempo.html for details.

With the wide range of low cost, high capacity ATA hard
drives available today, there is no better time to take
advantage of our superior quality ATA/66 PCI card to
enhance the capabilities of your Macintosh. Sonnet’s Tempo
card enables you to do it economically and Simply Fast.

Sonnet Technologies is the leader in Macintosh upgrade
products. Our engineering experience enables us to
provide Macintosh users with the most reliable products in
the industry. Keep us in mind whenever you are planning to
upgrade your Mac, Sonnet offers an ever-expanding array of
upgrade solutions that will increase the performance and
extend the life of your Macintosh system.

One cable for two drives included.

Up to Mac OS 9

Compatible

Specifications

Software

Operating System Requirements System 7.5.3 through Mac OS X

Mac OS Bootability Supported from any attached drive

Drive Formatting Supports Apple

®

Drive Setup Utility
(version 1.5 or later) or other third
party software

Hardware

Compatible Models Most PCI Macintoshes

Bus Interface PCI

Number of Internal Drives Supported 4

Internal Drives Supported Supports any ATA/IDE fixed media

hard drive including Ultra ATA/33
and Ultra ATA/66

Data Transfer Rate 66 MB/s with Ultra ATA/66

Up to 133 MB/s in burst master cycle

Advanced Features Coexists with SCSI and onboard

IDE devices

2 IDE ports

Multiple cards can operate simultaneously

CRC error checking ensures data integrity
with Ultra ATA/66 drives

Cables Supported 40-pin/80-wire IDE cables (one included;

80-wire required for full Ultra ATA/66
support)

40-pin/40-wire IDE cables (ATA/33 only)

Warranty 3-year limited warranty

Firmware

Auto Detection Automatically recognizes and configures

drive type

Automatically recognizes 80-wire cable
with Ultra ATA/66 drives

Compatibility Backward compatible with ATA/33

Upgradeability Flash-ROM upgradeable to latest

drive firmware

Part Number: TAT-066

Tempo supports a wide range of
PCI Macs. Your PCI slot may
vary from this illustration.

Tempo Ultra ATA66
Macintosh PCI Host Adapter

PCI slot

Sonnet Technologies, Inc., 15 Whatney, Irvine, California 92618-2808 USA
Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

©2000 Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Revised 2002. All rights reserved. Sonnet, the Sonnet logotype, Simply Fast, the Simply Fast logotype, and Tempo are trademarks of Sonnet Technologies, Inc. Macintosh is a trademark
of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries. The “Built for OS X” graphic is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc., used under license. Other product names are trademarks of the ir respective
owners. All specifications are subject to change without notice. Printed in the USA ATA-1002

*Requires the removal of an internal CD-ROM or ZIP drive.

Apple Power Macintosh

Power Macintosh 4400
Power Macintosh 6400
Power Macintosh 6500
Power Macintosh 7200, 7215
Power Macintosh 7220
Power Macintosh 7300
Power Macintosh 7500
Power Macintosh 7600
Power Macintosh 8200
Power Macintosh 8500
Power Macintosh 8515
Power Macintosh 8600
Power Macintosh 9500
Power Macintosh 9500/180MP
Power Macintosh 9515
Power Macintosh 9600
Power Macintosh 9600/200MP
Power Macintosh G3 All-in-one
Power Macintosh G3 Blue & White
Power Macintosh G3 Desktop
Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (built before 6/1/99)
Power Macintosh G3 Minitower (built 6/1/99 and after)
Power Mac G4 (PCI Graphics)
Power Mac G4 (AGP Graphics)
Power Mac G4 (Gigabit Ethernet)
Power Mac G4 (Digital Audio)

Apple Servers

Macintosh Server G3
Macintosh Server G4
Workgroup Server 7250
Workgroup Server 7350
Workgroup Server 8550
Workgroup Server 9650

Apple Performa

Perfo rma® Series 6400, 6410, 6420

Mac OS Compatibles

• Daystar Genesis and Millennium Series

• Mactell XB-Pro

Power Computing

• PowerBase Desktop

• PowerBase Tower

• PowerCenter

• PowerCenter Pro Desktop

• PowerCenter Pro Minitower

• PowerCurve

• PowerTower

• PowerTower Pro

• PowerWave

StarMax

• 3000

• 3000 Minitower

• 4000

• 4000 Minitower

• 5000

• 5500

UMAX

• C500

• C600

• C600X

• J700

• S900

Number of PCI Expansion Slots

Number of Unoccupied

Expansion Bays in Computer

2

1*

2

1

2

1*

3

1

2

1*

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

2

3

2

3

2

3

1

6

1

6

1

6

1

6

2

6

2

3

1*

4

3

3

1

3

1

3

1

4

2-3

3

2-3

3

2-3

4

2-3

3

2

3

2

3

1

3

1

3

1

6

2

2

1

6

6

6

6

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

1

3

2

3

1

3

2

6

5

3

2

3

3

5

5

3

3

5

5

5

5

5

4

2

1*

3

4

4

2

4

2

6

5