At 09:27 AM 3/06/03 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: >Alan Sargent wrote: >> At 04:23 PM 2/06/03 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >>>Nope. You don't want a SCSI disk. >>> >>>Beige G3's use IDE drives; you can likely walk into the average office >>>or computer superstore and pick up a smoking deal (with rebates). >> >> >> I think you meant "can use IDE", because they also have a SCSI bus on the >> motherboard. > ><sigh> > >You can > >a: buy a used 36 GB SCSI drive hacked from a 68-pin to 50 and try to >play the necessary SCSI voodoo to get it working (from the perspective >of someone who says "I need a SCSI drive, right? What is all this >technical stuff?") > >b: buy a 70 GB IDE drive new with warrantee for a lower price and have >the choice of *two* jumper settings. > >Gee, which is the better, easier deal? >
Gee, <sigh> yourself You implied that they could only use IDE. Which is "better, easier" is something else. Except that in my own Mac, IDE doesn't boot, which obviously isn't a general problem, but real nevertheless. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.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/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
