>While I out of anyone can certainly understand wanting to do something >just for the sake of doing it...why do so many people insist on putting >a second hard drive IN an SE/30 when there is a perfectly good SCSI >port on the back of the unit that you can use to attach an external >scsi box to? Is it a shortage of available electrical outlets, lack of >cabling or what? Seems that the money and effort spent hacking >something together out of plumbers strap and figuring out how to mount >things would be better spent on some other endeavor...
Because the neat thing about the old compact Macs is their "luggability". I can throw the keyboard and mouse in my shoulder bag, pick up the Mac, and away I go with no muss or fuss. Extra cases and cables is just a clutter. :) The original iMacs came close to the ideal, but were over twice as heavy. BTW, I _did_ manage to squeeze everything in, barely, about the way I envisioned it. I shaved an eraser to make rubber feet for the lower drive, and electrical tape made a sling for the upper drive. I think the worst part was that my SCSI ribbons both had to make half twists. I took several pictures of the process, which hopefully I'll scan and post someday. After this, I don't think I'll ever take this Mac apart EVER again. :) Unless I manage to get a good deal on one of those socketed Daystar accelerators... ;) Tim -- Tim Larson <>< <>< <>< <>< <>< OL 4-131-2 Info. Services - Internal Medicine Clinical Systems, Mayo Clinic, Rochester Democracy never lasts long, it soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide. - Samuel Adams I apologize for the irregular wrapping and quoting. I use MS Outlook. > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Fuller [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 1:23 PM > To: Compact Macs > Subject: Re: concerns about dual HDs in SE/30 > > > This should be do-able. There was a thread here a while back in where > > some > > members states that they had two floppies and a hdd in an SE. I > > believe one > > even stated that he had a floppy and two hdd's in his SE. Given that > > the SE > > and the SE/30 have the same power supply (correct me if I am wrong), > > this > > should work. You might try making a bracket out of plumbers pipe strap > > and > > then find a way to mount it into the case. > > While I out of anyone can certainly understand wanting to do something > just for the sake of doing it...why do so many people insist on putting > a second hard drive IN an SE/30 when there is a perfectly good SCSI > port on the back of the unit that you can use to attach an external > scsi box to? Is it a shortage of available electrical outlets, lack of > cabling or what? Seems that the money and effort spent hacking > something together out of plumbers strap and figuring out how to mount > things would be better spent on some other endeavor... > > Just curious. :) > > Steve > > > -- > 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> > --> 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.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> --> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
