This info from the PowerBase users manual might help: "If your system is shipped with a 2 GB SCSI or 4 GB SCSI primary hard drive, that drive is on the SCSI bus. However, if your system is shipped with a 2 GB IDE primary hard drive, that device is an IDE-type drive and is not on the SCSI bus (the PowerBase supports a single IDE device only). You can easily see if a system has a SCSI or an IDE drive installed by counting the drive�s connector pins�SCSI devices have 50 pins and IDE devices have 40 pins. The following SCSI discussion assumes that you have a SCSI primary drive installed. If you have a 2 GB IDE primary drive installed, disregard references to SCSI primary hard drives in the discussion. Your computer has a SCSI bus to which you can connect up to seven devices in a SCSI chain . The 2 GB or 4 GB SCSI internal hard drives and other internal devices such as the CD-ROM drive or a removable-cartridge drive are also SCSI devices in the chain. External SCSI devices, such as scanners, hard drives, CDROM drives, and removable-cartridge drives can be connected to your computer through the SCSI port on the back of your computer."
I wouldn't bother with the 340 MB drive (which certainly qualifies as "barely an upgrade"). Use it as an external drive, if you want, maybe one with a system and disk repair utilities to use for emergencies. -- Chuck on 9/3/03 4:25 PM, Spencer Krull at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear List: > > I've reviewed the archive and can't seem to get a > straight answer on this one -- I have a PowerBase 180 > (upgraded to a G3/233 -- which is barely an upgrade) > and I want to add a larger hard drive. The current HD > is a 1.2 GB SCSI. > > Here are the questions: > > 1) Can I use an IDE drive and if so, how do I connect > it (do I need a controller card? I've read posts about > a built in IDE connector but don't know where it is)? > > 2) If I use a SCSI drive, what sort of connector do I > need (50 pin, 80 pin, wide... I have no idea what is > in there). > > 3) This is kind of of off topic, but I also have an > external SCSI HD (an old 340 MB drive -- back when MB > meant something!) and I'm wondering if I can stick a > just stick a SCSI drive in there to replace the 340. > Any thoughts? > > I greatly appreciate the list and any answers. > > Thanks! > -Spencer -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
