On 2002-04-08 13:49, "the pickle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 17:35 +1000 on 08/04/02, Darren wrote: > >> Are 2.5" drives all ide? I've never seen a scsi one. > > Most (all?) of the PowerBooks (other than the Portable) up to about 1994 > used 2.5" SCSI drives. All of the 100 series PowerBooks, bar the 150 and 190, the 500 series and all duo's used 2.5" SCSI hard drives. The Duo 2300c is the odd one out, since it can use either SCSI or IDE drives; it has both interfaces built onto the motherboard. > They're not made any more, but there *are* very small OEM-only SCSI-to-IDE > adapters. MCE sells such a 6GB SCSI-converted drive for use in the early > PowerBooks, but they charge about 10 times what I think it's really worth. > Unfortunately, no one can seem to track down the maker of the adapter they > use... http://www.adtx.co.jp/english/prod/card/scsiide.html ,xtG .tsooJ -- Joost van de Griek http://www.jvdg.net/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
