hey - that's pretty cool! i'm trying to remember my exchange rates... about 120 yen to the dollar last i checked. so that's about $80. mmm... about 3 times what i paid for the 170, with shipping. ;-)
i figure that if i can't find at least an 80M 2.5" SCSI drive for less than $15 with shipping, it's pointless. i'll hack a solution with a larger drive in that case. well, i picked-up a couple of the HD-30 SCSI adaptor cables in the meantime. one terminates at a centronics 50 pin and the other, a 25 pin DIN i think. just have to look into the particulars... e.g. whether i can boot off an external device, etc. re: the individual who suggested i run diags from boot floppies... a very good idea. i'll peruse some of the software depots i've come across in my research and see if i can find these. i'm fairly new to macs, in terms of hardware hacking. re: OS 7.1 - thanks for the heads-up. will do. regards, christopher Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Snook, John R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170... Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 07:26:44 -0800 <<2.5" SCSI drives topped out around the 500 megabyte mark. Apple was just about the only consumer for them. There are new "SCSI" drives available that are actually IDE drives with a super tiny 2.5" IDE to 2.5" SCSI connector converter attached. The problem there would be finding one with a small enough capacity, ie, 2gig or less. I don't know if the converter can be bought by itself. It's more than just a pin to pin thing, the data and signal stuff has to be converted too.>> --------------------------------------------------------- Check out this. http://www.artmix.com/powermonRX.html put the link in http://babelfish.altavista.com/ johnsn -- 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/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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
