On or about July 10, I expect to come into an extra 45-50 thousand bucks, and I've earmarked anywhere up to $5K for a PowerMac G4. I've decided that it will need a SCSI card, and Apple is eager to sell me one, but all my SCSI knowledge is archaic, so here's my question:
This StarMax has a 2-gigabyte internal ATA drive (nearly full), and I also have about 17 gig free space available on two external SCSI drives. How do I transfer any or all of this stuff to a G4 machine? In theory, I suppose I could first empty out the internal drive onto one of the externals. Then what? Both of my external drives use antique 50-pin cables. I'm pretty sure that in a cardboard box on the floor I have a couple of 50-to-25-pin cables, but I don't understand anything at all about their usefulness for handling the various kinds of SCSI. In other words, will I need a special sort of cable to transfer stuff from an old 50-pin SCSI drive to whichever variety of SCSI I'm likely to find on the card in a G4 machine? Will that require going through contortions, like maybe chaining cables together? Will I need some sort of separate little gizmo to convert formats? All I know anything about is SCSI and SCSI II, nothing newer than that. No ultras, in other words, no 68s. Thanks very much. Jim Donnelly Hyattsville, Maryland -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.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/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
