<<
... There's no size limit. You'll probably need an adaptor, however, as all
the new SCSI drives are low-voltage ...
>>
Although *most* new production SCSI drives are indeed LVD/SE, 50-pin drives
are still being made (or they are still in the distributor channels).
9, 18 and perhaps even 36 GB IBMs have shown up at Fry's Electronics, on
occasion, in 50-pin.
HVD drives have been obsolete for perhaps half a decade, and these always
take a special host adapter, and are incompatible with any other technology.
An LVD/SE drive will work on a conventional Fast SCSI bus, such as that in
the 7300, with an appropriate adapter, failing all attempts at finding a
50-pin drive.
Now, if you want a really big HD, check out ACARD's UATA/SCSI "Bridge"
product.
This attaches to the bottom of a 1" high UATA drive (the interface itself is
limited to UATA/33, although the Bridge will accept just about anything) and
the combination becomes a 1.6" ("half height") drive. Both 50- and 68-pin
models are made.
About $79 from Microland USA, ACARD's US distributor. Although it's not
necessary, IMO, you could ask for the version with Mac firmware.
Right now my Beige G3 has two UW-SCSI 18 GB drives and one 60 GB UATA/100
drive with the UW version of the ACARD Bridge. No EIDE/UATA hard drives at
all.
Rock solid.
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