On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 02:26:53PM -0500, Anna Silliman wrote:
> Other option would be to buy used or refurb 50-pin drive.
> There's a 4gig one on Other World Computing for $34.
> There are zillions on ebay. (Some people don't recommend
> buying used drives but my experience has been fine.)

My experience buying drives on eBay hasn't been too hot.  I managed to get a
40MB drive years ago that came through OK, but my last few purchases have
ended up with me getting dead drives.  Usually they're inadequately
packed...one bonehead put the drive in an anti-static baggie and put that in
a Priority Mail box with no padding.

Computer Surplus Outlet (http://www.computersurplusoutlet.com) usually has
small SCSI drives available dirt-cheap.  I have a 340MB drive in my IIGS and
a 1GB drive in my Quadra 610 that cost less than $10 each.  They're sitting
on a ton of 4.3GB Seagate Barracudas right now for $20 each (catch is that
they're SCA, so you'll need an adapter to go from 80 to 50 pins).

(They're a couple of miles from where I work...they have more stuff in stock
than is listed on their website, so you might want to call or email them if
you seek something that's not on their site.)

Scott Alfter
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