> If I do anything with this SCSI idea I'll need an Airport card or > combo Airport/Bluetooth card from which to reverse engineer the > connections. Anyone have a dead one they'd like to dispose of? > Failing that, is there an inexpensive source of these cards or have > they become expensive?
If I REALLY wanted SCSI on my Mini, I would adapt the top slot of the riser (the one for the optical drive) first to standard IDE, and second to SCSI using a "SCSIDE" card, available from ACARD. There is a company, I/O Experts, I think, which makes a replacement housing for the optical bay which is the same size as a "Slim" optical drive, but contains a proprietary 50-pin micro-to-IDE adapter. That IDE connection could, very possibly, be converted to SCSI using one of the ACARD devices. The SCSI ribbon cable would be coming out the CD/DVD media slot, but it WOULD achieve your goal. Special note: I/O Experts DOES NOT supply a jumper for their product. If you install a second hard drive, which is what I did, you will, therefore, have TWO MASTERS, and the Mini will not boot. You MUST, first, install the SLAVE jumper on the second hard drive. > 3) The Mini I bought has a CD-RW/DVD-ROM and I want to install a DVD- > RW drive. I have a Toshiba TS-632 and a Hitachi AGW-4080 on hand. > Any opinions on which is the better choice? I would use a "Slim" (not "Super Slim") UJ-845 or similar. The slot loading version, of course. > 4) Everything I've read says the maximum RAM is 1 GB. Anyone ever > successfully install more RAM? DDR RAM sticks are restricted to 1 GB per stick. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
