Connecting a 2 1/2" ATA drive externally to a 1400

[Andrew Kershaw]

Well, there's only one (easy) way of hooking up a 2.5" IDE HD to a 
PowerBook that I know of.  Buy a PCMCIA to IDE Hard Drive adapter. 
It's basically an external hard drive case into which you place the 
drive.  The case is connected to a PC Card that you put in the PC 
Card slot of your PowerBook - and presto, the drive appears on your 
desktop.

MCE used to make one (it was called the DataShuttle, I think), but I 
haven't seen it in a long time.  Anyway, it's just a piece of 
hardware (no drivers required - they are built into the Mac OS), so 
any old PC company or no-name brand IDE adapter ought to work.

Otherwise, you could track down a 2.5" IDE to SCSI adapter, an 
external SCSI enclosure for 2.5" drives, and the SCSI cables to 
connect it to your PowerBook...  Or you could gut your 1400 CD-ROM 
drive and replace the CD-ROM mechanism with your extra hard drive... 
;-)

Peace,
Drew
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