ESATA combo Drive on iMac?

I have a Late 2006 20~inch iMac with a USB2.0 & 1394 & eSATA combo Drive {SBP-LUN}.
I have a Macally external drive that has an eSATA port.
My iMac has no eSATA port.
I am presently using the Firewire 400 ports {1394}to connect the external drive to the computer.
How do I utilize the eSATA part of the combo Drive?
Thanks,
Robert

eSATA is for external drives, hence the 'e'. I am guessing OWC is making an eSATA from an internal SATA connection.
I am asking how to use the existing eSATA bus on my computer.
You are probably guessing right. And I'm guessing it is not a straight forward process (like inserting a Y connector in some key place). If it were I would thing there would be plenty of posts on the various forums on how to do it. If you google "add estata to imac" there are plenty of discussions on this topic but a quick sampling of them showed the ones I looked reference the OWC turnkey enhancement. Check them for yourself. Maybe one I didn't sample shows a way.
Are you saying that the Firewire & USB bus on my computer is connecting to an internal SATA port via an eSATA port on the bus?
I never said that. FW and USB are separate busses.

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