I have a Macintosh Portable. I wired up a fresh battery in there, got a power adapter that works finally. Now the internal hard drive (which is ancient) spins up and sounds like it's reading. But it won't let me format it. I think it's toast.
So I need a new one. However it's this weird thing with a 25-pin connector on the motherboard. I cannot find any sort of 25-pin to 50-pin internal SCSI cables out there. I also cannot find any smaller-profile type drives that would seem to work for this. Somebody please help. I mean ideally someone could hook me up with a compactflash drive that would work off the SCSI and boot. But some old hard drive would also be fine as long as it works. Please, let me know what you might have, I would greatly appreciate it. Just trying to get this old girl up and going again. It boots fine from floppy or external hard drives so I know it works. But I'm pretty sure I destroyed the internal hard drive myself when I accidentally removed its protective cover... exposing the platters to the air for a few seconds... please help thanks. Jon Gilbert Portland, OR 97202 -- You received this message because you are a member of the LEM Swap group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email *from your subscribed address* to [email protected] LEM-Swap is not a discussion list; it is for buying & selling Mac stuff. Reply directly to the person who posted, never to the list. Software piracy is illegal and not allowed on LEM Swap. Except for freeware and software originally provided with computers, no software is to be left on hard drives unless the original installer (not a burned copy) is included, along with any required registration number, password, etc. Shipments valued at US$100 or more should be insured, and shipments valued at US$25 or more should be shipped so they can be tracked. See the list FAQ http://lowendmac.com/lists/swap.html for guidelines on postings, feedback, and dispute resolution. Seller feedback at http://groups.google.com/group/swap-feedback
