On Friday, June 7, 2002, at 07:19 pm, Spiritus ex Machina wrote:
> Listers, > > What is the ability of a Mac Classic to support a "large" hard drive? > > I've got an Apple-branded "Internal 3.5 Inch HDD 500MB SCSI" (Firmware > (c) > 1994) that I could put into my Mac Classic 4/40. Will the Mac (running > Mac > OS 7.1) support that size drive? > Yes, no problem. ISTR a 2Gb _partition_ limit. > The drive is labelled as "internal." Is this absolute or could I, with > proper jumper settings, use it in an external SCSI enclosure? Would I > want > to? Why or why not? Are there any other "gotchas" that I should be > aware of > if I do want to increase the in-box drive capacity of the Mac Classic? Could be external, but why lose the 'all in one' ness of a Classic? Bung the 500Mb drive inside! Stuart -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
