On 9/26/05, Noah Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, does anybody have an old HD 20 they are willing to see, System 6 > would run much better on 20MB rather than only 800k! (For my Mac > Plus)
I would recommend finding a SCSI drive instead. The HD20 is nice and large next to floppies, but it is about as slow as a floppy disk. The disk port simply can not go that fast. And you will have a hard time finding a replacement disk should the one in the system ever go bad. Where I live old macs are common and they usually have a 40M or 80M disk in them. External SCSI cases are also common and they can usually hold those disks just fine. While the SCSI controller on the Plus is not as fast as on later models, it is much faster than the disk port. I have not bought anything from him but there is a guy called Herb that sells old Macs and parts for them, He has lots of cases and disks. Check out the following URL, scroll down to the section labeled "External hard drives". http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/m_drives.html Herb also has HD20s, though he is charging $79 for them. They are very rare devices. HD20 and SCSI versions are at the following URL. http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/m_coll.html#HD20 There are also lots of other places that sell these types of disks. -- Lorance Stinson http://lorance.freeshell.org/ -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
