Check-out IDE drives. I believe they are PATA drives, just with different nomenclature. I believe you can still find 500gb, and perhaps a 1tb
Here’s a link to OWC’s website. They only have 250gb IDE drives—they’re $40.00 250GB WD Caviar SE 3.5-inch IDE/ATA 7200RPM Hard Drive with 8MB Cache <http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD2500AAJB/> If your just trying to fill a box, why not get the 3tb external from OWC for $133.10 http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Newer%20Technology/MSC7S30TB64/ Good Luck! > On Oct 9, 2015, at 7:49 PM, William Spencer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi there: I have a 2.5 inch PATA drive enclosure (Rocport 4Cx, listed as USB > 2/FireWire) and I’m thinking about finding as big a drive as I can to put in > it for backup purposes. How big do they (or did they) make them? 500 gb? > More? Less? And does anyone make them anymore? (Meaning, I suppose, where > would I get one?) > > I know I would have to figure out a way to connect it to the computer, but I > don’t care about speed since this would be backup-only. Of course, if it’s > impossible to connect to this machine then that obviously answers that, but I > figure there’s no harm in asking the question. My thanks in advance! > > > *************** > > Bill Spencer in Maryland > Mac Mini 2.6 GHz i5/10.10.5 > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. J. R. Rosen 281.467.5366 [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
