Thanks for posting this link! Very interesting and helpful! johnl
On Jan 2, 8:12 am, "D. Finnigan" <[email protected]> wrote: > http://68kmla.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=12050 > > Solid State Drive (SSD) in SE/30 > > Hi all. > > Just wanted to share my experiences on SSD's (Solid State Drives) and my > SE/30. > > My SE/30's stock Apple drive was getting *very* noisy indeed, and a > replacement 9gig IBM didn't improve things at all. > > A while ago on eBay, I came across a vendor flogging 2.5", 8gig IDE SSD's, > from whom I bought two drives, I thought I'd use on my Thinkpad 701c > (Butterfly model). > > However, the IBM didn't recognize the drives, and I bin'ed them for a > while. > > Then I thought of my SE/30, and I dug the drives out again, went to eBay > and bought an ACARD SCSI <> IDE converter board (not labled ACARD, but it's > the same card from an OEM vendor). Also, I had an IDE40 <> IDE44 adaptor > already. > > So, I went to install an SSD in the SE/30, with the IDE40 <> IDE 44 > attached to the drive, and the ACARD scsi <> IDE adaptor connected to the > scsi ribbon and IDE converter. > > Booted the SE/30 from a boot floppy, and the drive was ... - *not* > recognized by Apple HD Setup Tools... > Knowing full well that all this conversion of standards on two adaptor > boards inevitably introduces a plethora of potential errors, coupled with > the previous "success" from the IBM, > I thought the project was stillborn. However, the next day I remembered > the "hacked" HD Tool from Apple I had, and booted the machine again. This > time, the SE/30 *did* > recognize the drive, and started the initialization process. Hours later, > it failed. Some nonsensical error pertaining to the co-processor was > presented to me. > > Undaunted, I tried again - and again. Same result *every* single time!!! > > Poking about the 9 gig IBM drive, I byu now had installed in an Apple 20SC > enclosure, I found a Syquest SCSI tool, which also recognized the drive. > And what's more, it had a "format"-button... > > So - I tried an "easy setup" of my SSD, and waited yet again. > > And lo and behold, this time the format finished without a hick-up. I now > have the SSD formated in a two (2) gig partition, holding System 7.5.3 and > apps. The rest is still unformated. > > So, long story short - I now have an SE/30 with SSD - quiet as a "Fat > Mac", with all the wisper-quiet storage one could ever dream of in a 68K > Macintosh. > > The system is configured thus: > > SE/30 > Stock ROM (have IIfx and IIsi ROM, but not installed) > 68meg RAM (4x1 and 4x16) > System, 7.5.3 on > 8gig IDE SSD with dual conversion (SSD is an industrial grade Smart > Modular Technologies, I got off eBay at 40us$...) > Asante MacCon IIsi/se30 ethernet > Micron Xceed with grayscale > Apple 20SC external HD > > And it's just a bundle of joy to work with! Also, please observe that I'm > talking true SSD with an SSD controller built in the drive, and *not* an > IDE <> Compact Flash solution. > > Cheers from Denmark, > > /Anders -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
