I sort of recall some previous postings on this topic but cannot find the reference.
We have been trying to upgrade several powerbooks recently and were lucky enough to acquire an original Apple IDE - SCSI adapter as supplied with their old 1GB SCSI drives. (We bought a IGB SCSI drive and the adapter of course came with it). So we did a bit of experimenting. First we tried it on genuine Apple ATI/IDE drives - and it worked with all of them up to our maximum test of 4GB. The we tried them with IBM IDE drives as somewhere I had heard they would only work with Apple branded drives? Well, they work with IBM drives AOK again we tested up to 4GB (theyll probably go much higher?) So we converted an old 540C with 250mb SCSI drive into a slightly larger machine with an adapted 4GB hard drive!and a PowerMac daughtercard up to 117MHz. It roars. Now we are seriously looking for more 1GB Apple SCSI drives (just for their adapters)to upgrade and recycle some more machines, but, hey, if you own a Powerbook and are limited only by drive size this is the route to try out. One small word of caution- the connectors are a tiny bit fragile so great care is needed in the swap-over. Where's the limit? Well, we will post our findings as soon as we test out a 40GB HD coming soon! Gerald Jennings -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
