WallStreet OS X on external HD?
It's been a couple of years since I worked on a WallStreet PB. I remember noticing that the WS will start from an external disk connected to the PC Card slot whether it is selected or not; IOW, if there is a disk with a viable System connected to the PC Card slot, the WS cannot be forced to start from its internal HD. However, this was with the Classic (OS 8/9) System. Now I'm finding that the WS will NOT start from an external HD with OS X connected to the PC Card slot, even if the internal HD is removed. In fact, attempting to do so will sometimes screw up the WS so badly that it won't start from an internal disk either thereafter until a PMU reset is performed (fn-ctrl-shift-power). I first ran into this yesterday with a WS (300MHz) someone brought to me for repair. After spending a couple hours researching all the necessary updates to bring 10.2.8 to optimum (Apple gives different stories in different places), I installed 10.2.8 on an HD in a PC Card case, connected it to the WS (it mounted, though the System on the internal HD is not well), then selected it in Startup Disk, and Restarted. The PB wouldn't start. And, after disconnecting the PC Card case, it now wouldn't start from its internal HD; I had to reset the PMU to wake it up again. Somewhere in the process (I don't remember the exact sequence) I even installed the external HD in a SCSI case (with an IDESCSI adapter board) and tried to start from it via the SCSI port on the back of the WS. Same result. So I turned to a WS (300MHz) I have, and got the same results. I thought it might be something funny about the Toshiba HD I was using in the external case, so I removed the internal HD (with 10.2.8 9.2.2) from the WS, put it in the PC Card case, and tried to start the WS. After the startup chord, it showed the OS 9 happy face for a few seconds, then restarted itself (complete with startup chord), then did the same thing again, and again It appeared that it was trying to start from the OS 9 on the disk, then finding that the disk was set to start from OS X, so restarting to switch to OS X, then finding it couldn't start from OS X, so returning to the OS 9, and so on in an endless loop. I put the HD back in the PB, and it started just fine in 10.2.8. I switched it to 9.2.2, and it started okay also. So then I again removed the internal HD (now set to start in 9.2.2), put it in the external PC Card case, connected it to the PB, and it started fine, in 9.2.2. Conclusion: It appears that the WallStreet PowerBook cannot be run from an external disk using OS X 10.2.8. At least this is true of the two I have on hand, one of which (mine) has no other problems I know about. Can anyone confirm this from your experience? -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
USB external HD not read
Any thoughts on why my new (used) 15 G4 PB doesn't see a HD I have in a USB drive enclosure? My Pismo, Lombard and G4 desktop have no problem with it. The PB can see the 120GB firewire external with no problem. Willi 15 G4 PB OS 10.3.9 526 RAM 80GB HD -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: USB external HD not read
On May 5, 2005, at 3:56 AM, w miller wrote: Any thoughts on why my new (used) 15 G4 PB doesn't see a HD I have in a USB drive enclosure? My Pismo, Lombard and G4 desktop have no problem with it. The PB can see the 120GB firewire external with no problem. Test something else in the port to make sure the port is working? Some drives are picky about power, but I don't think that's your problem here. You could see if it's a power issue by plugging the drive into a powered hub connected to the PB. Run disk utility to see if the thing is being seen, but not mounted for some reason. -- Bruce Johnson -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
External HD ideas?
I'd like the wisdom of your experience on this: I want an external HD for backup for my firewire Ti400 (10 gig), and my wife's original USB clamshell iBook (1.6 gig). It would be nice if it could also serve as a mobile photo album. La Cie has one around 120 gig desktop version Kanguru has this portable at Tiger: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5 25205Sku=I46-1372 Any experience you have with either of these or a better suggestion? Thanks, Jim -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: External HD
I have a LaCie external dvd burner that works really great and my next ext HD will also be a LaCie. I have an 80 gig western ext HD that is doing fine as my current Backup but the overall failure rate of these drives is higher than most according to online info and that makes me nervous. TmB __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: External HD
On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:34 PM, tamara buffalo wrote: I have a LaCie external dvd burner that works really great and my next ext HD will also be a LaCie. I have an 80 gig western ext HD that is doing fine as my current Backup but the overall failure rate of these drives is higher than most according to online info and that makes me nervous. TmB I'll vouch for LaCie here. I have an external firewire LaCie 75 gig which houses an IBM DeskStar. LaCie only uses top notch HDD's, including Toshiba, Hitachi (IBM) and Seagate. Z THE BLUETOOTH (and WiFi) MASTER -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: External HD
On 2-Feb-05, at 5:41 PM, Zoltan Batiz wrote: I'll vouch for LaCie here. I have an external firewire LaCie 75 gig which houses an IBM DeskStar. LaCie only uses top notch HDD's, including Toshiba, Hitachi (IBM) and Seagate. I'll double this opinion. I have had my LaCie external firewire drive for two years now and it's never failed on me once. Exceptionally reliable. I would never trust Maxtor after hearing about several friends losing all their data. I have to buy a second external drive later this year and it will be LaCie without question. Amber -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
backing up PB to external HD
I have a 120 GB external HD. When I bought it, I divided it into 6 equal partitions. I backed up my OS 9 iMac on one partition, and used a second partition as a working backup for files (still OS 9). A third partition backed up Jaguar stuff, but that was quickly replaced with Panther, so a fourth partition is dedicated to the Panther stuff on my iMac. Now I want to backup my PB (way overdue!!) System Profile says that of my 74 GB capacity, I have 47 GB available. I don't quite understand why it says I have a 74 GB capacity when I bought an 80 GB computer, but that's beside the point. I'm going to subtract 47 from 80, which tells me that I've used 33 GB on this PB. Since my external HD is divided into 20 GB partitions, it appears impossible for me to back up the whole PB, which is what I really want to do. I thought I was completely backing up my iMac when I did my first backup. After reinitializing the iMac, I found that applications were not necessarily backed up, just documents and such. You guys recommended Carbon Copy Cloner. Well, I have it now and am ready to go. I almost want to rent an external HD to back up mine, then repartition my HD to leave the largest sector for Panther. Hmmm, Tiger is just around the corner...I'll need another partition for that! Am I correct to assume that I can't reattach two partitions for this backup? An incidental second question: FireWire HDs daisy chain, don't they? If so, can you daisy chain an FW400 and an FW800? Thanks, Claire -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: backing up PB to external HD
On 25/01/05 15:27, Claire Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a 120 GB external HD. When I bought it, I divided it into 6 equal partitions. I backed up my OS 9 iMac on one partition, and used a second partition as a working backup for files (still OS 9). A third partition backed up Jaguar stuff, but that was quickly replaced with Panther, so a fourth partition is dedicated to the Panther stuff on my iMac. Now I want to backup my PB (way overdue!!) System Profile says that of my 74 GB capacity, I have 47 GB available. I don't quite understand why it says I have a 74 GB capacity when I bought an 80 GB computer, but that's beside the point. I'm going to subtract 47 from 80, which tells me that I've used 33 GB on this PB. Since my external HD is divided into 20 GB partitions, it appears impossible for me to back up the whole PB, which is what I really want to do. I thought I was completely backing up my iMac when I did my first backup. After reinitializing the iMac, I found that applications were not necessarily backed up, just documents and such. You guys recommended Carbon Copy Cloner. Well, I have it now and am ready to go. I almost want to rent an external HD to back up mine, then repartition my HD to leave the largest sector for Panther. Hmmm, Tiger is just around the corner...I'll need another partition for that! Am I correct to assume that I can't reattach two partitions for this backup? An incidental second question: FireWire HDs daisy chain, don't they? If so, can you daisy chain an FW400 and an FW800? Thanks, Claire That's pretty much it. There are 2 (I think) applications that will resize partitions *WITHOUT* formatting the drive. So, you might want to look into this if time is important for you... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com 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/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
FW External HD Config
Hi list, After receiving your adbvise regarding the size of HD my Pismo can see I decided to buy an external case to accomodae a 200GB 7200 rpm IDE HD. Now the question is should i partitio it? and in how many partitions? any ideas/hints? Thanks in advance, saludos Javier -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: FW External HD Config
On 16/08/04 09:47, Javier Miranda V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list, After receiving your adbvise regarding the size of HD my Pismo can see I decided to buy an external case to accomodae a 200GB 7200 rpm IDE HD. Now the question is should i partitio it? and in how many partitions? any ideas/hints? Depends on what you want to use it for. I have a 20GB external FW drive that I partitioned in 3 partitions for my development purposes. One is for 10.2, one contains a backup of my PowerBook startup partition (made with Carbon Copy Cloner) and the 3rd one is for Tiger. So, I can switch system on my PowerBook for development testing. However, if you plan, for example, to do video editing, then it would be a good idea to keep at least one big partition because digital video consumes 3.6MB per second of footage. So, as I said, it all depends on what you intend to do with that external drive... -Laurent. -- Laurent Daudelin Developer, Multifamily, ESO, Fannie Mae mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Washington, DC, USA Usual disclaimers apply *** -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
FireWire external HD
Hi Listers, I'm not comfortable to open my Pismo(400,OS10.2.1,320ram,6gbhd) so looking for an external bootable HD. Please recommend or direct any info. about name brand and can I do partitions on that? (I'm looking for about 10 to 30gb) . Thanks -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: FireWire external HD
Hi Listers, Please recommend or direct any info. about name brand and can I do partitions on that? (I'm looking for about 10 to 30gb) . If you can act quickly, VST/smartdisk has a number of drives on sale, though they've sold out of some of the most popular. http://www.smartdisk.com/BlowoutPricing.htm I'm not affiliated with them, but I've spent enough $ there in the past six months to wish I were. Best, Joel -- Joel Furtek Assistant Varsity Coach University of Virginia Women's Rowing Office: (434) 982-5665 Cell: (434) 981-6811 -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Re: FireWire external HD
Anthony: The Pismo is actually very easy to upgrade. Transinternational has directions! http://www.transintl.com/technotes/installhdpb.htm Gary Anthony Vo wrote: Hi Listers, I'm not comfortable to open my Pismo(400,OS10.2.1,320ram,6gbhd) so looking for an external bootable HD. Please recommend or direct any info. about name brand and can I do partitions on that? (I'm looking for about 10 to 30gb) . Thanks -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://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
Kanga, USB and Firewire Cards + external HD
Listessas + Listas, I got my wife's Kanga (original G3) Cardbus enabled, bought a USB and an (cheap! - thanks to your pointer to CompGeeks) IBM Firewire PC card and a Powerboy external HD enclosure in which I stuck the old 5 Gig (well mostly, it is a little tall, 8-) ...) and am now trying to get the external HD mounted (with either USB or Firewire). I have an external powersupply for the Powerboy and both PC cards (FW and USB) show up on the desktop, but not as anything but little PC Card icons. I installed the Powerboy drivers and with the USB card it cycles for a few seconds after inserting the PC card, but nothing more. No reaction at all with the FW card. I also copied the extensions that were on the machine after it returned enabled from MCE with the USB card. (I installed a new 20 GIG HD and had to start over). It was recognizing the Macally USB card as such when it returned from MCE. I am stumped. What to do next? I have OS 9.0 installed on a 4 GIG partition and a 16 GIG Partition for Data. It (the Kanga) is maxed at 160 MB RAM. TIA, tobias. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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
Internal HD to external HD
-- I'm in somewhat of a dilemma, which isn't all bad for me, but it's not all good either. The good news: I got a Wallstreet PowerBook G3, 233 MHz, for free from my dad because he got a brand new TiBook 550 and didn't need his older computer. This replaced my old 8100/100 with a much leaner, faster, and smaller package. The bad news: Before I knew he would be getting his TiBook, I was running out of space so fast on the 8100's 1 GB drive that I bought a new 4.26 GB internal drive for it. It fits and works fine in the 8100, but I don't use the 8100 anymore so I was wondering if there was a way to convert this originally internal drive for a desktop computer into an external drive for my Wallstreet. I have a SCSI adapter for the Wallstreet, and I have a SCSI cable widener that increases it from 25-pin to 50-pin. I think the new internal drive is 50-pin. How would I hook this up? It would more than triple my drive capacity, from 2 GB to 6.26 GB (more than I'd probably ever need for most things), provided I could get it to work. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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
Re: Internal HD to external HD
You just need an external hd housing/case, and there are plenty available on the used and new market. I'm going to guess that your internal hd has a 50-pin standard scsi connection, so just look for one. Internally, all cases have the 50-pin ribbon connection to the hd,but be careful to avoid the compact 50-pin scsi standard which I think is for ultra-wide drives ?(anyone know for sure? I don't remember off-hand, and it's late). -Peter -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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
Re: Internal HD to external HD
The bad news: Before I knew he would be getting his TiBook, I was running out of space so fast on the 8100's 1 GB drive that I bought a new 4.26 GB internal drive for it. It fits and works fine in the 8100, but I don't use the 8100 anymore so I was wondering if there was a way to convert this originally internal drive for a desktop computer into an external drive for my Wallstreet. I have a SCSI adapter for the Wallstreet, and I have a SCSI cable widener that increases it from 25-pin to 50-pin. I think the new internal drive is 50-pin. How would I hook this up? It would more than triple my drive capacity, from 2 GB to 6.26 GB (more than I'd probably ever need for most things), provided I could get it to work. You just need an ext. SCSI box with an external Centronics50 connector on it. I have one myself for my Lombard (my SCSI CD burner's in it). Probably $10-20 used for the case. If you don't need to make the case portable, use an old 386/486 desktop case (free always). Get an ext. C50 connector with a SCSI ribbon connector attached and throw it in the PC box. Power supply is there - usually powers 3-4 devices. I'm cheap, so I used an LC logic board as a SCSI connector +SCSI ribbon cable. Old, pointless logic boards have their uses... Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor and News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac http://www.insanely-great.com mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RD's PowerBook page: http://www.macpowerbook.com -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at http://roadtools.com. Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html 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
