Ooooook
In an interest to put past unpleasantness behind us and actually talk
and learn 'puter stuff, I have questions regarding SCSI.
You'll have to remember my son has the StarMax 3000 across the ocean
from me so I don't have the advantage of actually viewing the
motherboard. I have faith that when he gets a new battery in we will get
the baby up and running again and on to the next project. (I'll let you
know how that goes). This is getting a larger hard drive or perhaps a
CD-RW, or both.
First, he does (as we all do) need a larger HD. We got a 4 GB IDE drive
but then there is no extra spot to put it, my mistake, so maybe we'll
replace the original 2.4 drive with it. In the research I've done on the
few SM sites, the pictures they show are of an available SCSI port on
the MB but maybe they just pull the cable to show. I've also read
mention of a Motorola "upgrade" kit. What's the connection inside?
I understand enough about external SCSI devices but what about internal?
The SM is 25 pin right? Is that SCSI 1? Then there's SCSI 2, is that 50
pin? What connectors or adapters do I need to hook up an internal SCSI
HD? Do I need that kit with multiple connectors? Should I stick with 25
pin or go with the seemingly much easier to get 50 pin and an adapter?
Is a SCSI HD faster than IDE? You see how fast it gets confusin... help
me sort it out. George
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