On Sunday, April 14, 2002, at 04:04 PM, Dana Sibera. wrote:
> A while back I was given a mac plus and an external scsi drive - a 20Mb,
> which was huge... it looked larger than 5.25" in width, and clattered
> away like crazy!. Unfortunately it was dead - it'd boot, have an error
> in various places, and was pretty much toasted. I pulled the top off to
> check out the -huge- platters, and in a fit of curiosity... plugged it
> back into the plus. It booted just the same, errors and all, happily
> exposed to the open air.
It almost certainly was a 5.25" 1/2 height like mine. They look huge. As
a good size gauge I stood the 3.5" 40S on the underneath and the four
corners of the smaller drive sat on the underside mounting screws of the
larger one! I'm not taking mine apart if it still works though, it's a
positive antique.
> That was good for a giggle :). Then I got over it, tossed the drive and
> popped a smaller 500mb scsi in =)
Should have taken it apart, the platters make really interesting coffee
mats, definitely better than AOL CDs! I am going to take the cover off
of the 40S and spin it up with the roof off. Should be a good experience.
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