> 2) Anyone using SCSI on their Pismo? I also have a very quiet 36 GB > Atlas II > 10K scsi drive, that in theory would be my fastest HD, if I could find > a > quiet external (fanless???) SCSI case for it (and a PC card to go with > it). > Who makes the SCSI PC cards, anyway? And can you get one at 20 or 40 > mb/sec. > speed?
You can get SCSI PC cards, or a Firewire to SCSI convertor. I was going over to MCE to look at some upgrades when I got your email, so I decided to see what they have. They have an Ultra SCSI PC card (10 or 20 MB/s) and an Ultra Wide SCSI PC card (40 MB/s). They cost $129 and $259 respectively. I checked OWC also but they didn't have anything. > Thanks much for any ideas on this. Also, any suggestions on keeping the > Pismo internal fan from coming on will be most welcome. > Stephen To keep the fan from coming on, you have to keep it cool. So the best thing to do is to prop the laptop up on something. You could get one of those fancy Lapvantage Domes or a Griffin iCurve, or you could go with a simpler Podium CoolPad or something like that. If you want to go super cheap, you could always just get a couple of books of the same thickness and prop it up on either side with those, and then use an external keyboard and mouse. The trick is to let air circulate underneath so the heat in the laptop can dissipate. Air can hold a lot more heat than wood or particleboard or whatever your desk is made of. -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
