> Incidentally, people are asking for some ridiculous prices for 50-pin SCSI > drives on eBay. "Legacy" apparently becomes "antique" at some point. I was > advised earlier on this forum that SCA drives were a workable option.
50-pin SCSI became archaic YEARS and YEARS ago. Manufacturer capacity was changed to 68-pin (UW- and LVD/SE-SCSI) and 80-pin (SCA). Also various types of network-attached SCSI drives. There are still a bunch of 50-pin drives around, usually surplus stock from Apple and others. I recently bought a case of Quantum-branded (but Seagate made) drives which were sold to Apple and later surplussed by them. These were 4 GB drives, which, then, was the largest practical drive. I think these were intended for use on WGS95 machines. Or on Apple Network Servers (although ANSes typically used 68-pin hard drives, Apple DID make a 50-pin hard drive tray adapter card, although it is not disclosed in any ANS documentation). Of course, with 68-pin drives we have the 9-, 18- and 36-GB drives from IBM and others. And even larger capacity drives were once made. And, Seagate once made a 50 GB drive, although it was in a 5.25" form factor. Alas, all of those have disappeared. Indeed, possibly the best way of achieving 50- or 68-pin SCSI-compatible drives is by using an ACARD "SCSIDE" adapter attached to a large capacity IDE drive. The firmware in the "SCSIDE" adapter cards was very, very long ago updated to support LBA48, so ANY capacity IDE drive can, thereby, be converted to SCSI. That was, at one point, the ONLY way to attach large drives to certain Macs, namely those which did not have the LBA48 "property" contained within the O.F. boot ROM. -- 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
