Re: Pismo hard drive question

[max miles]

Bruce and others:
Do I need to worry about this warning from the net about the Fujitsu 
Mobile MHT2040AH (ca06377-b034) 40 GB Hard Drive I just got for a 
pismo? I've sent it to my dad in canada and he's not sure it is 
compatible.

~m

Warning
According to the Road Warrior and Other World Computing, the drive
controller in G3 PowerBooks is incompatible with ATA-6 hard drives.
When replacing the internal hard drive, you should be sure to obtain an
ATA-5 complaint drive, which supports transfer speeds of up to 100
MB/sec.
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Re: Pismo hard drive question

[max miles]

Hey there bruce! thanks for the info. The drive is a 9.5mm form factor.

On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:58 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:14 AM, max miles wrote:
Greetings list,
Can anyone tell me if a particular hard drive would work in the 
Pismo? I want to get a new internal hard drive for a family member 
and am trying to find one online.

Found a Fujitsu 40GB Mobile UDMA/100, 5400RPM Hard drive, but am 
unsure if it fits the Ultra ATA 66 format for the pismo. I don't 
really know what I'm dealing with here so any help would be great.

(the basic question is weather the ATA-100 interface interface would 
work with the ATA-066 interface)
Yes, faster drives will work on slower interfaces. Slower drives will 
work on faster interfaces, but will slow the bus down to their speed, 
iirc. The only limitation is the physical height of the drive, (needs 
to be =< 11 mm, iirc. perhaps 9mm)

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Re: Pismo hard drive question

[Bruce Johnson]

On Sep 15, 2004, at 10:14 AM, max miles wrote:
Greetings list,
Can anyone tell me if a particular hard drive would work in the Pismo? 
I want to get a new internal hard drive for a family member and am 
trying to find one online.

Found a Fujitsu 40GB Mobile UDMA/100, 5400RPM Hard drive, but am 
unsure if it fits the Ultra ATA 66 format for the pismo. I don't 
really know what I'm dealing with here so any help would be great.

(the basic question is weather the ATA-100 interface interface would 
work with the ATA-066 interface)
Yes, faster drives will work on slower interfaces. Slower drives will 
work on faster interfaces, but will slow the bus down to their speed, 
iirc. The only limitation is the physical height of the drive, (needs 
to be =< 11 mm, iirc. perhaps 9mm)

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Pismo hard drive question

[max miles]

Greetings list,
Can anyone tell me if a particular hard drive would work in the Pismo? 
I want to get a new internal hard drive for a family member and am 
trying to find one online.

Found a Fujitsu 40GB Mobile UDMA/100, 5400RPM Hard drive, but am unsure 
if it fits the Ultra ATA 66 format for the pismo. I don't really know 
what I'm dealing with here so any help would be great.

(the basic question is weather the ATA-100 interface interface would 
work with the ATA-066 interface)

~max
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