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 drive which my Mac won't read. I've had to but a SCSI card for it. On 13:34, Thu, 20 Dec 2018 Christian Wacker <pizzaboy...@gmail.com wrote: > 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 on its > way out and upgrading on the cheap is my plan. I can get a 68Pin to 50 pin > converter for as little as $3 but I don't want to throw money away on > something I can't use. > Thanks! > > -- > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs > group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to > vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
