Re: More disk space in a PCI desktop Mac?

[David Klaus]

I'd suggest going with a Mac PCI-ATA card and an ATA drive.  Between 
the controller and HD you should be able to spend < $200 for 80GB and 
less if you shop eBay or the Swap list for used.   The big advantage 
is when that fills up (don't laugh video chews up GBs fast) you can 
then replace the other SCSI HD with another large ATA drive.

Hello everyone. I have a bit of a problem that I wonder if the list 
can help with.

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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