I have a G3 400 upgraded 7300. I would like to have a great deal of hard drive space, somewhere between 15-20 GB, or more.
I currently have the original 2 GB Apple-ROMed Quantum SCSI-2 50 pin drive installed, and an additional IBM SCSI-2 UltraStar 50 pin 9 GB drive in the lower bay.
What is the cheapest route I could go? Keep in mind the 7300 only has 3 PCI slots, and I am currently using one of them, with another very soon to be filled by a USB card, leaving me with one PCI slot left.
Should I:
Get a ATA PCI controller and dump the SCSI drives, or at least one of them? Dump the 2 GB SCSI and replace it with a 9-10 GB SCSI? Get a FireWire card and an external FireWire drive? Get an external SCSI hard drive case and a 9-10 GB SCSI drive? Or??? Is there something I haven't thought of?
I am running both OS 9.1 and OS X 10.2.6 on this Mac, so I need something that will work with both OSes. A/V rated drives are preferred, as I plan to use the extra space for video captures.
I need this to cost the least possible amount of money, as I am not Dr. MoneyBags. Obviously, since I have a PCI Mac!
So, what is the best, least-costly solution here?
Thanks for any ideas!
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