on 10/15/01 3:14 AM, Justin Ramirez at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Justin-
Try this link: <http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/scsi_.html> Especially check out the "drive compatibility listing" which lets you select your mac (and scsi card I believe) and view other's experiences... Ultra SCSI still has its place, but with the performance and cheapness of the ATA drives available now... In a lot of cases its almost cheaper to put in an ATA/66 card and go that route. As to the ULTRA 160 drives working... Yes, I believe the spec is backwards compatible and you can use the drives with it (may require a pin adapter, like the drive you mentioned below) but its performance won't be optimal. > I have the following SCSI card in my MT 300mhz: > > ATTO ExpressPCI PSC single-channel Ultra/WIDE SCSI 3 host adapter > Data Streaming (ADSTM ) Technology, 40 MB/sec. transfer rates > supports up to 15 SCSI devices. > > So I need to know which kind of scsi drive I should get. The card has a > wide white connector and a smaller black connector...??? <shrugs> > > I want a 10k rpm drive...and I only need about 9GB...So I was considering > the: > > IBM UltraStar 9LZX 9.1gb 10000rpm 4.9ms 4MB Cache LowProfile 50 Pin SCSI (80 > to 50) with 1yr (IBM08L8622N) > > At Other World Computing (<www.macsales.com>) for $99.95. Should I be > looking at the Ultra Wide drives? Can this card Use Ultra 160? (it's not > the top of the line card from this company, it was about $250) > > Any info would be great, > > Thanks a lot as always <*shows love for list members*> -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
