>> It appears that I can mount the hard drive (physically) in the space >> next to >> the floppy drive. There's also an extra connector coming from the >> ribbon >> cable that's attached to the CD. My question is, is this where I >> should do >> this? I come from a PC background, and I thought I remember reading >> somewhere that it was a no-no to put a CD-ROM drive and a hard drive >> on the >> same IDE because the I/O speed is somehow limited by the CD-ROM. >> However, I >> don't see any other options; at least with the cables included with >> this >> Mac. Any help (before I screw something up :-) would be greatly >> appreciated. >> G'day Dan
I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that an overly long connection cable can cause hassles with slave drives in G3's. I've been trying to find the pages I saw, so I can include on my site, but no luck so far. I think the suggestion was a short cable, and relocating the drive. Is anyone able to confirm this please? Regards Santa And what, you ask, was the beginning of it all? And it is this...... Existence that multiplied itself For sheer delight of being And plunged with numberless trillions of forms So that it might find itself innumerably Sri Aurobindo -- 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
