on 6/10/03 1:24 PM, Jeff Walther at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I found a couple of the old Apple external hard drives which connect > through the floppy port. I can't remember the exact name for them. > I'm thinking about buying them, but I don't know if they work. I > figure the electronics are probably still good. > > Can the hard drive mechanism inside be replaced with something more > modern or are the electronics built to only work with whatever is > currently in there? > > What type of hard drive is in there? Is it a SCSI or IDE or (gasp) RLM? > > Jeff Walther
I own two of them and they both have a SCSI 20MB Rodime hard disk. Chances are another drive might work, unless the converter, (from floppy to SCSI) is controller sensitive. Jeff -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
