On 8 Nov 2011, at 05:59, Jake Tesler wrote:
> Its currently 1AM where I live (NY), so I am going to try a new theory
> tomorrow. I have a crazy idea of formatting a ATA 2.5" HD to HFS (using
> Leopard) and extracting the ATA adapter in the CD-ROM drive, and just
> plugging in an adapter. I saw this on a website…I think I'll try it out. I'll
> let everybody know how (if) it works.
>
> -Jake
Hi Jake
the adapter in the cd rom is different to the ata/ide on the hdd or should i
say everyone i have ever seen has been different, why not get a usb to ide
adapter then remove the hdd from the 1400 and hook it up via usb to the macbook
connected to the adapter, works for me with my old powerbooks.
or you could convert the old powerbook to compact flash with an ide to cf
adapter. Then you could just pop the cf card to update it via a cf to usb
adapter there are loads of options out there and they are becoming cheap due to
the falling cost of ssd and cf now . I am currently doing this with my lombard/
wallstreet and my duo simply because it increases the battery life as there is
no moving parts in cf and speeds the response of the mac up. I acquired three
8gb cf cards and adapters from ebay for less than £10 each.
william
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