On Monday, Aug 26, 2002, at 19:51 US/Pacific, Joel Furtek wrote:
> Has anyone had any experience with the VST expansion bay hard drives > for the Lombard/Pismo? I know Firewire has rendered them a bit moot > but I can think of times when a built-in drive would be handier, and > I've seen some pretty smart deals as low as $3/GB! I have a couple of 10GB ones. I formatted one last week and installed OS9.2 on it as a precursor to repartitioning the internal drive for OS X alone. Works well, is seen by the selective boot option, etc. > I checked their site but couldn't find much in the way of > information. In particular, I'm wondering if anyone has any > experience with the speed relative to say, a typical 4200rpm FW 2.5" > drive or bigger internal drive; It seems a bit slower in doing large file copies, but not painfully so. > also, whether a standard IDE drive > would work in the enclosure (i.e., if I came upon a cheap 3MB exp. > bay drive, could I open it up and stuff a bigger one in there?). I believe some people have done this, don't know why it wouldn't work. > I like the idea of, say, a back-up drive for that bay, or a separate > HD for my music until I can afford the iPod, etc. That's what mine is for, an emergency 9.2 boot if needed. Only issues are if you need CDROM access at the same time. KeS -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
