>Hello listers, > >There were a series of posts awhile back discussing various expansion >bay drives for the Pismo/Lombard Powerbooks, and I have actually been >using an MCE expansion bay housing (that cost $90) with an extra 2.5" >drive I've had around. This got me to wondering... since the VST >Zip100 expansion modules continue to be available for $20, cannot one >simply buy one of those, unscrew the housing, and replace the Zip >mechanism with a 2.5" hard drive? Anyone done this? Anyone used one >of those VST housings to put anything in OTHER than a Zip drive? >Ideas? Suggestions? Recently, it was actually cheaper to get one of those 10GB or so VST exp. bay drives for $50 and then drop in a 30GB or whatever. Unfortunately, they seem to be all sold out now. Pity.
I haven't disassembled one of those Zips, but a similar successful experiment one guy tried was ripping out the floppy innards from a 5300 floppy drive and putting a HD in it. The VST cases aren't hard to take apart, but a little solid padding might be required (or drilling screw holes) might be req'd to get the 2.5" HD to fit snugly (i.e., without moving the 3.5" Zip shell. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
