Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-05 Thread Snook, John R
http://www.artmix.com/powermonRX.html US$85 for that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all, but the problem as I see it is that thing doesn't look like it includes the cable to connect the SCSI drive to the SCSI connector on the converter, and finding a 1 cable is *not* going to be trivial :(

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-04 Thread Snook, John R
2.5 SCSI drives topped out around the 500 megabyte mark. Apple was just about the only consumer for them. There are new SCSI drives available that are actually IDE drives with a super tiny 2.5 IDE to 2.5 SCSI connector converter attached. The problem there would be finding one with a small

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-04 Thread the pickle
At 07:26 -0800 on 04/03/03, Snook, John R wrote: http://www.artmix.com/powermonRX.html US$85 for that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all, but the problem as I see it is that thing doesn't look like it includes the cable to connect the SCSI drive to the SCSI connector on the converter, and

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-04 Thread Snook, John R
At 07:26 -0800 on 04/03/03, Snook, John R wrote: http://www.artmix.com/powermonRX.html US$85 for that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all, but the problem as I see it is that thing doesn't look like it includes the cable to connect the SCSI drive to the SCSI connector on the converter, and

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-04 Thread the pickle
At 15:32 -0800 on 04/03/03, Snook, John R wrote: At 07:26 -0800 on 04/03/03, Snook, John R wrote: http://www.artmix.com/powermonRX.html US$85 for that doesn't sound like a bad deal at all, but the problem as I see it is that thing doesn't look like it includes the cable to connect the SCSI

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-04 Thread the pickle
At 15:32 -0800 on 04/03/03, Snook, John R wrote: No It's .087x, or there abouts. Hey, wait a sec...might be 1mm centres. Those look to be 0.089, which sounds about right... Five feet (the smallest dimension) of 50-conductor is only $16 and ought to make about 50 cables or so. The 50-pin

on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-03 Thread Christopher Suleske
greetings. i figure there must be a support group for old powerbooks as well, but since: 1. the powerbook 170 is certainly a low-end mac and 2. i already read this one and 3. i'm sure one or more of you have some idea what i'm talking about, here goes... recently obtained a 170 with what seems

Re: on finding a hard disk for a powerbook 170...

2003-03-03 Thread Ryan Sutter
Hi Christopher, I'm a 170 guy myself and I know what you're talking about with those rare SCSI drives. I'm going to be putting a few of them (two 40's and an 80) up for sale on eBay pretty soon for pretty cheap if you're interested. Anyhow, as to whether your drive is dead, have you tried