By a "Winchester" I was referring to a unit about the size of a CD-ROM drive--a 5.25" drive. A book I read had called 5.25" drives Winchesters. Perhaps it was as a reference to their size compared to the standard hard drives of today.
Scott --- Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yesterday I took a 20SC drive apart, expecting to > find > > a 20MB Quantum unit. I was shocked when I saw a > big > > Winchester drive (made by Seagate, who I don't > think > > Apple used as a supplier) sitting in there. Do > 20SCs > > usually have Winchesters in them, or was that some > > kind of mod? I'll have to crack open my other 20SC > > case, which I know was already modded at one time > > because there is an 80MB drive in it. > > What do you mean by a "Winchester"? The genuine > "Winchester" drive, > IBM model 3030, dates back to before the personal > computer and was > far too large to fit inside a compact Mac (the > largest Winchester > drives I've seen had a 14" platter, so the original > must have been > at least this big). Winchester technology, named > after the Winchester > drive, is used by all semi-sealed hard drives from > the big 14" ones > down to the 1" microdrives... including the Quantum > Prodrive Apple > most commonly used. > > > -- > Compact Macs is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/>. > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Compact Macs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> > --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
