In a message brian M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: <<My original intention was to just put new SCSI drive in it, but just looked at macsales.com and cheap SCSI drives are hard to find these days- 68 pin for $200? and I'd need the $15 adapter too?
Anyway I have a spare 40 gig IDE drive, and am looking for cheap ATA controllers. There's a little review from 2000 on LEM about the Sonnet ATA/66 but that's hard to find (not on ebay at this moment anyway); and I don't feel a need to drop $80 on a ATA/133 for this CPU. I do want to set it up with a new drive so I don't have to worry about talking someone through HD replacement and reinstall over the phone. I did get the little 1 gig going (it fought a little) but it's way too old for me to trust it. Suggestions on models of IDE controllers that will work nicely with 9.1 (can this Mac even boot from an IDE controller if there is no SCSI drive?? LEM didn't say) and would be cheap are welcome. Or a source of new 50 or 68 pin SCSI drives that would be cheap. >> ------------------- Most of my sources for inexpensive SCSI I, II or III drives do not offer them anymore. http://www.softwareandstuff.com/hdwstorage.html Does have a couple of large (36 GB and 50 GB) half-height (1.6 inches) SCA 80 pins drives for $30 and $36 respectively. The adapter is another $10 but appears to have the necessary pins for the termination jumper setting. If not you would most likely have to put the drive in the middle of the SCSI chain or invest in a 50 pin SCSI I/II inline terminator. (Scroll way down to SCSI Hard Drive and then further to SCSI Adapters.) You are still limited to SCSI II speed on the internal SCSI bus of the 8500. --glen (digest mode) -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
