For all you mini-'Fritters, Apple has finally released the miniMac hardware devnote.
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No surprises I could see, most everything about it is already known. It's just nice to finally have all that info in one official document.
The only thing that stands out for me is that miniMac uses only the one ATA100 bus for both HD and optical. Every other Intrepid-based Mac of which I'm aware uses separate buses (HD=ATA100, optical=33MHz ATA.)
The devnote did include a (semi-)current link to Freescale's MPC7457 product docs.
dan k
The iMac (after rev A-D) used one bus. eMac as well I think.
Intrepid is the bus and I/O controller used with recent G4-platform Macs, including the latest eMacs, G4 iBooks, the G4 iMacs, MDD G4s and AlBooks (did I miss any?) The earlier gen products you mention used earlier gen controllers.
No surprise both drives are on the same bus, there's no room for a second connector! Still, even the 12" G4 iBooks gets two buses, no spare room in those either!
dan k
Again, no surprise, but'd be nice to have. I'm sure more than a few folks'd like to see the mini-mez card's pinout! Heck, I didn't even see a mention of the mez card, let alone any details!
dan k