Where are you and how much? By the way on e-bay there are IDE to SCSI adapters pretty cheap I got one for $10.00 just need the drive now for a SE/30 update.
Bruce F. ----- Original Message ----- From: "martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Compact Macs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 1:55 PM Subject: new HDs looking for good homes > I just scoredthe following cool free items from a bunch of gear our > office was planning to ditch : > > 1 IBM UltraStar 18GB SCSI HD > > 2 Quantum 4.3GB SCSI HD > > 3 IBM Deskstar 30 GB IDE HD > > > I know that these all work, I took them out of working machines. > > I have a G4 400 with an ATA-33 PCI controller card (which I added cuz > I was hoping to get some additional storage), but no SCSI. I'm > thinking about stuffing the 30GB DeskStar in, but some voice in the > back of my head is reminding me that these drives had sticking > problems (hence the moniker DeathStar amongst PC users) ... does > that ring a bell with anyone here? > > > I have an SE/30 with a 250MB HD in it, running 7.5.3 (which I'm > planning to change to System 7.1). > I was hoping I could cram the 4GB SCSI HD into theSE/30... can I even > ADDRESS 4 MB with the SE/30? I seem to recall some patch on the > Apple Older Software page (my bookmarks no longer work for the 3 > "Older Software" Apple pages I had bookmarked - they must have > restructured things yet again) that allowed for up to 2GB (Ithink) on > older systems. > > > > What I REALLY would like, is a 500MB SCSI Powerbook HD to stuff into > my new PB160 (which has the original 40MB Apple HD ewww), for which > I'd be happy to trade my 18GB SCSI HD. Man, those things have gotten > hard to find! But to work in a 100-series PB, it has to be SCSI. And > to make it worthwhile opening it up, it has to be over 250MB. Any > Brialliant Suggestions welcome : ) > > > m > > > > > > -- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
