On 6/22/03 4:10 PM, Jeff Walther posted: >It turned out that the Goodwill store had three of the HD 20s on the >shelves at $5 each, so I picked up all three.... > >The hard drives in all three are Rodime 552's and they do indeed have >a 26 pin connector. That is not consistent with SCSI, IDE nor MFM. >It's possible that it's a modified connector for one of those >interfaces with all the GND pins tied together or something, but how >would one tell? None of the chips on the controller card are >clearly SCSI nor IDE controller chips.
The Apple HD 20 predates the SCSI specification and IDE, so there's no way it could be either. In those days, most drives were MFM or RLR, and a lot of them still used proprietary connectors. This drive could be unique to the HD 20. -- Dan Knight, president, Cobweb Publishing, Inc. <http://cobwebpublishing.com> <http://lowendmac.com> <http://digital-views.com> <http://digigraphica.com> <http://lowendpc.com> <http://reformed.net> I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization. -- Petronius -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
