On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 7:34:44 AM UTC-6, Pizzaboy192 wrote:
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> Has anyone successfully run a modern 68Pin SCSI drive in a vintage Mac?
> I've got about 50 from old servers at work, varying in size from 3GB up to
> 72GB and most still work. My Mac Classic internal drive is certainly
As noted, most drives are not Apple "blessed" and will require a third-party
formatter, such as Silverlining. I think you can get that from Macintosh Garden.
I Think I used FWB'S HARD DISK TOOL KIT.
Charles L
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> On 21 Dec, 2018, at 10:43 pm, James Zeun wrote:
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> …a newer mode of SCSI, which the 8500 doesn't recognize. Was that a load of
> old cobblers? :-/
As far as I'm aware, all parallel-SCSI implementations are expected to support
plain old Asynchronous Narrow mode, which is what most Macs use.
> On Dec 21, 2018, at 12:43 PM, James Zeun wrote:
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> When I hooked it up my 8500, it didn't see it.
Don’t forget that you need a formatting tool that recognizes drives not made by
Apple.
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As this kind of happened to me a few years ago. I wouldn't mind asking a
question myself.
I bought one of the cheap 40 to 80 SCSI adapters, so I could use a 73gb
(think that was the size, I know it's 70+GB).
When I hooked it up my 8500, it didn't see it. I posted about it on 68kmla
and the reply
Just realized, what I was writing was actually mostly applicable to the SCA
80 pin drives.
On a 68 pin drive, there is usually a provision for on-board termination on
the hard drive itself, unless it is a fairly modern U2W or newer SCSI drive.
Anyway, if there is on-board termination on the
> On 21 Dec, 2018, at 9:27 pm, Jeff Walther wrote:
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> In order to do it right, you must get an adapter which includes a provision
> to terminate the upper data byte. If you do not, then the upper data byte
> on the drive connector will not be terminated and while this often does not
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On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 7:34:44 AM UTC-6, Pizzaboy192 wrote:
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> Has anyone successfully run a modern 68Pin SCSI drive in a vintage Mac?
> I've got about 50 from old servers at work, varying in size from 3GB up to
> 72GB and most still work.
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Yes, many people have done this,
I used a couple 80-pin 9.1 GB SCA server drives in my power macs with
adapters for years without major issues. Worth a shot if you have a pile of
free drives!
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:45 AM William Stillwell wrote:
> if the drive has a narrow mode, it will work.
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if the drive has a narrow mode, it will work.
William Stillwell
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On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:18 AM James Zeun wrote:
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I discovered with my PM8500, that only certain models of 68pin will work.
>From what I gather it has to do with the SCSI mode. Early drives like 3-8
GB are backwards compatible. But later drives don't come with the correct
firm for the old mac to recognize the drive.
I have a nice 73gb ultra SCSI
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