if you can, try to get an 80-50 sca converter that's TERMINATED. It costs like
$10-15 more, but it'll save you the hassel of making sure a terminated drive is
at the end of your internal scsi chain.
--- Britton Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Carolyn,
>
> I installed the ultra-wide 80 pin Quantum Atlas IV
> 18.1GBs. No problem just need the 80 pin to 50 pin
> adapter. The total cost was $122.
>
> Surplus Computers has them:
> <
> http://www.softwareandstuff.com/h.comp.quantum318200knsca.html>
>
> Britton
>
>
> --- Carolyn Shere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have a similar dilemma about upgrading as
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > I have a 9600/233. Should I bother getting a G4
> > upgrade or wait until
> > I can afford a new computer, which isn't in the
> > foreseeable future?
> > Someone at a local store said that I would have to
> > get all new memory
> > with a new board. I need new RAM but don't want to
> > have to replace
> > the 128 I already have. I know RAM is pretty cheap
> > now, but it wasn't
> > when I put mine in (two upgrades).
> >
> > Mostly I need a new hard drive. Other World
> > Computing and web sites
> > I've visited suggest going with an IDE drive. But
> > the same store I
> > was at yesterday said I should put in a SCSI drive,
> > since I already
> > have the SCSI chain. OWC said they can't even get
> > SCSI drives
> > anymore. Is this store just trying to sell me old
> > things they have no
> > market for? I think I'm a little confused by all the
> > terms of
> > "Ultra-Wide SCSI", IDE, etc. Also, I've seen
> > different reviews for
> > IDE drives, some recommending Maxtor and others
> > liking Seagate
> > (Barracuda or Cheetah). I know I'll have to put in a
> > PCI card and
> > cables. But that shouldn't make much difference. The
> > guy at the store
> > said that when I do get a new computer, I can still
> > use a SCSI drive
> > since I'll have to put in a SCSI card anyway for my
> > scanner (new and
> > good-not going to replace).
>
>
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