G'day from Oz, Bill If you've got an older G3 with a Rev A rom, you are limited to one internal hard drive.
I updated to a 40 Gig Maxtor, but what you do is plug the new drive into the leads to the CD, format it (8 Gig first for system X, remember), copy everything across, then swap drives. Easy. Regards Santa And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? And it is this...... Existance that multiplied itself For sheer delight of being And plunged with numberless trillions of forms So that it might find itself innumerably Sri Aurobindo > on 2/8/03 12:34 PM, Bill Judson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> I was wondering, from the import I gleaned in this & some other >> threads >> about hard drives, whether I need to buy 1 of these high-powered ATA >> cards >> in order to use the modern 40-gig or greater wonders I see advertised >> at >> Office supply stores (from Maxtor, WD, etc.) at great prices in my G3 >> DT? >> Or can I just stick it on the built-in bus? Or will it run, but at >> less-than-optimal throughput? >> >> TIA, >> >> -- >> Over, >> >> Jutso -- 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
