On 5/3/05, J.S. Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Given the age of the small older drives, like the 40MB > and the 80MB SCSI drives, it's pretty much wisest to > upgrade to the newer, larger drives like a 1 or 2 GB > SCSI drive. > > Granted, some of these may not work as easily with > your Classic II as the stock drives will, but I think > you may not be as likely to be replacing them as soon > as you may those smaller, older ones.
Whereas I take your point, in my experience, the older drives were actually more reliable and more robust than newer ones. Perhaps this is due to much looser tolerances. Drives that have lasted more than a decade are virtually immortal unless abused, whereas more modern ones die quite easily. And what on earth would one do with multiple gig in a Classic II? Separate partitions for every single version of MacOS it'll run, plus another few for all the apps it can run, and fill its tiny desktop with drive icons? Mine has a 200 + a 160 and both 6.0.8L & 7.6.1 and about every app I can lay my hands on that those 2 will run and it's only about 50% full if that. -- Liam Proven Home: http://welcome.to/liamsweb * Blog: http://lproven.livejournal.com AOL, Yahoo UK: liamproven * ICQ: 73187508 * MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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:compact.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
