> >The bad news: Before I knew he would be getting his TiBook, I was >running out of space so fast on the 8100's 1 GB drive that I bought a >new 4.26 GB internal drive for it. It fits and works fine in the >8100, but I don't use the 8100 anymore so I was wondering if there >was a way to convert this originally internal drive for a desktop >computer into an external drive for my Wallstreet. I have a SCSI >adapter for the Wallstreet, and I have a SCSI cable widener that >increases it from 25-pin to 50-pin. I think the new internal drive is >50-pin. How would I hook this up? It would more than triple my drive >capacity, from 2 GB to 6.26 GB (more than I'd probably ever need for >most things), provided I could get it to work. You just need an ext. SCSI box with an external Centronics50 connector on it. I have one myself for my Lombard (my SCSI CD burner's in it). Probably $10-20 used for the case. If you don't need to make the case portable, use an old 386/486 desktop case (free always). Get an ext. C50 connector with a SCSI ribbon connector attached and throw it in the PC box. Power supply is there - usually powers 3-4 devices.
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