Thanks, good info. Barry
> On Dec 10, 2011, at 7:54 PM, Barry Levine wrote: > >> Hi >> >> One of the 8GB SCSI HD's on my 8600 G3 is failing. Checking around eBay, >> I >> see 68 pin SCSI HD's for sale; and one can purchase an adapter to go to >> the mac 50 pin cable. >> >> I also noticed that there are many larger size 68 pin scsi HD's around >> than the 50 pin - are these 68 pin drives a bit more recent than the 50 >> pin ones, and are they usable in my mac with the adapter? >> >> thanks >> >> Barry > > 68 pin is wide scsi. 16 bit data path vs the 50 pin's 8 bit. Drives might > be slightly newer, but check the individual drives. > > You may also want to look onto 80 pin SCA scsi. These are server drives > and the sca adapters are also easy to get.. Generally more robust than the > 50 and 68 pin drives. Also hotter, larger capacity , noisier and faster > than most 68 and 50. > > Depending upon how much storage you need, the 73Gb SCA drives seem to be > the sweet spot. 10k rpm drives are starting at $20 shipped. You can > ignore the tray that is included with many. That is what they used to > install them in the server. Just remove the 4 screws and mount it in your > Mac. > > The one thing to be careful of is formatting. Many SCSI drives are not > included in Apple's Drive SetUp program. There are hacks to get it to > recognize "non-supported" drives. Or a 3rd party drive utility like LaCies > will format most any SCSI drive. > > Len > > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
