Re: SCSI or IDE

2003-11-17 Thread The Calypso Organization
Subject: Re: SCSI or IDE Googling the part number yielded this web site: http://www.rapid-tech.com/products/apple.htm It's listed at a 2.5 ATA/IDE drive. Gary Exactly what we were looking for. Thanks Gary, and thanks to all the others who helped out too.This site is particularly useful

Re: SCSI or IDE

2003-11-16 Thread The Calypso Organization
We have just aquired an Apple drive. 750mb.Part Number 655-0432. Can anyone tell me how to find out whether its a SCSI or an IDE? Is there a site somewhere that lists Apple part numbers and their components.? Thanks, Gerald -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog

Re: SCSI or IDE

2003-11-16 Thread Gary D. Adams
Googling the part number yielded this web site: http://www.rapid-tech.com/products/apple.htm It's listed at a 2.5 ATA/IDE drive. Gary The Calypso Organization wrote: We have just aquired an Apple drive. 750mb.Part Number 655-0432. Can anyone tell me how to find out whether its a SCSI or an IDE

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-16 Thread The Calypso Organization
I was told some powerbooks that used SCSI drives actually came with IDE drives with an adaptor. Can anyone confirm/deny this? I've got a roughly 1 GB SCSI drive in a Duo 280c, but given the difficulty I had in getting it (2 years ago now, I think), I may have gotten the last one in

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-12 Thread Boris Herman
Hi I was told some powerbooks that used SCSI drives actually came with IDE drives with an adaptor. Can anyone confirm/deny this? I've got a roughly 1 GB SCSI drive in a Duo 280c, but given the difficulty I had in getting it (2 years ago now, I think), I may have gotten the last one in

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-11 Thread The Calypso Organization
Subject: Re: SCSI to IDE converter That said, anybody knows about IDE to SCSI converters small enough to fit inside a 5XX? It would be another solution, but I think not very possible. WE actually purchased an IDE to SCSI converter on ebay a couple of months ago for $55 second user

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-11 Thread Howard R. Katz
FWIW, I got an 800 meg Toshiba SCSI drive off of ebay several months ago--the gent selling them had several, but I haven't seen a listing in the last few weeks. The drive works fine except it never seems to want to spin down, even if I give it the command from the strip control. Having gone from

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-11 Thread Illovox Media
on 10/11/03 1:15 AM, The Calypso Organization at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subject: Re: SCSI to IDE converter That said, anybody knows about IDE to SCSI converters small enough to fit inside a 5XX? It would be another solution, but I think not very possible. WE actually purchased

Re: SCSI to IDE converter

2003-10-10 Thread Mauricio
is your best option, it is difficult to find anything bigger. That is the disk I have in my own PB 540c. That said, anybody knows about IDE to SCSI converters small enough to fit inside a 5XX? It would be another solution, but I think not very possible. I found this site: http://goldsource.com

Re: ADTX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-27 Thread Dan K
from a dialog between [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or is the card plain dead? and then abd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's dead, Jim. You're a doctor, not an engineer. One interesting thing about ATDX controllers is: 1) they are designed for

Re: ADTX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-27 Thread ACFX44501
In a message dated 8/26/03 1:19:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Oh, and, yes, MacOS 9.2.1's Drive Setup still has the ATDX controller/drive listed as a valid combination. That's what a i call life-long support - Maybe it's for SCSI Disc Mode? I guess Apple never drops a drive they once

Re: ADTX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-27 Thread The Calypso Organization
Incidentally, almost any EIDE/UATA drive may be attached to an ACARD UW-SCSI-to-UATA Bridge, You will have to initialize these using another formatter ... not Drive Setup. Good news but how ?and what with ? - Thanks in advance. Gerald -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: ADTX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-27 Thread ACFX44501
In a message dated 8/27/03 12:56:01 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Incidentally, almost any EIDE/UATA drive may be attached to an ACARD UW-SCSI-to-UATA Bridge, You will have to initialize these using another formatter ... not Drive Setup. Good news but how ?and what with ? - Thanks in

ATDX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-26 Thread takashi
This is nothing new, but here it goes. My PB180 hard drive died a few years back, but last month or so I got one of those ATDX SCSI to IDE adapters, and a 815Mb IDE drive. So, a few cringes after, I was able to stick both the devices in the old Apple drive space(it's not that hard

Re: ATDX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-26 Thread The Calypso Organization
Subject: ATDX SCSI to IDE adapter woes. - anyone had simmilar problems? Or is the card plain dead? We have exactly the same problem at the moment - we are looking for a specifically Apple IDE drive to see if this works - it doesnt work with the Fuji we have tried - identical problem to you

Re: ATDX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-26 Thread ACFX44501
In a message dated 8/26/03 7:41:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is the card plain dead? It's dead, Jim. One interesting thing about ATDX controllers is: 1) they are designed for Apple-ROMed 2.5 EIDE drives, and probably won't work if a non-Apple-ROMed drive is substituted. Another

Re: ADTX SCSI to IDE adapter woes.

2003-08-26 Thread takashi
On 26 Aug 2003 at 15:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/26/03 7:41:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is the card plain dead? It's dead, Jim. You're a doctor, not an engineer. One interesting thing about ATDX controllers is: 1) they are designed for Apple-ROMed