In a message dated 12/5/02 11:45:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Hi folks -- newbie here. I just picked up a Beige G3/300 desktop and >wondered whether anyone could tell me what sort of internal hard drive >I >have. It's a 8gig drive that I want to upgrade, but I don't know whether >it's SCSI or IDE. I would like to get at least an 80GB drive to do a >little bit of digital video transfer from a miniDV camera.
Opening the Drive Setup application will tell you without getting into the innards just yet, looking at the name of the drive (the IDs wont help much if you don't even know where your drive is located) it should say IDE or ATA (for IDE drives), or SCSI for SCSI drives (Mostly Bus 0 if it's on the motherboard, or Bus 1 if it's on the PCI card but then again, maybe not be your particular case). If you're experienced you'll know just by looking at the cable, being the UltraWide SCSI 68 pin (about 1.75 inch long) then the IDE being about 2.5 inches long and the SCSI with 50-pin being the longest at about 3 inches. Can't measure now but it should be something like that. Lil -- 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> --> 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-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
