On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 13:19:31 -0500 Spiritus ex Machina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > 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?
I recently put a 500 Meg hard drive in external case to use with my SE and it works fine. I just had to put a jumper on the bare drive so it would have a different ID than the internal drive (I think I set it to 2) I had to format the drive,as it was formatted with OS 8.6 and the SE didn't recognize it with that type of formatting. As far as using the external case, I prefer it in the case I've got rather than inside the machine for two reasons. First, the case I've got is one that has the same footprint as the SE. I place the SE on top of the external drive making the screen higher; much easier on my neck. Also, if I want to move a lot of files, I disconnect the drive and hook it up to my other machine. This makes backing up much easier. Another reason for using the external case (hasn't come into play yet, knock on wood) is that if the drive goes bad, you can still boot from the internal hard drive. Incidentally, the drive I'm using is a Quantum, pulled from a 7200 near as I can tell. Naturally, you'll have to set the SCSI ID to something that isn't already in use, and use the appropriate termination. Hope some of this helps, J White --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Free eMail and Web Site for Macintosh Users http://www.applelinks.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------- The "iClock" http://www.applelinks.com/pages/iclock/ --------------------------------------------------------------- Web Hosting http://hosting.applelinks.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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
