JJG wrote: > Yes, Raid is an option and I believe I would need a hardware upgrade. The > thing is I am not looking to put any kind of money into this ancient 486, > proprietary system. If I can pull it off with bits I have lying around > great, if I can't I would probably just go out and buy one of those current > 40gig drives for the PIII. Price per meg is so cheap.
Well it's not really that proprietary. It's not like an IBM PS/2. I think you would be able to find a DPT or Mylex Raid card cheaper than you could get an IDE HD. The new IDE drive wouldn't impact your power bill as much, However :-) > Yes I do, same as yours, I forget the model, 71xx I believe. I think the MB Adaptec SCSI is AHA-2740 based. I don't recall the Adaptec chipset number, However. I was using a Buslogic card for my main drive, and the MB Adaptec SCSI for my cd-rom. > PS the 486 UNISYS server case is built like a __tank__ and comes with a > whopping 330 watt power supply. They don't make them like that anymore. > Chad knows, he probably took out his back trying to lift the empty case ;-). I don't really like the case. I wish it had room for 5.25" full height drives and I dislike the way the 3.5" drives mount. My case has never been empty, as I've never taken it completely apart. Usually I push or pull it. I don't like lifting it :-) At least it's not as heavy as my MicroVax 3400 in the BA213 case. Your power supply is only 330 watts???? Mine is 415 watts!! Chad Fernandez Michigan, USA To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
