Christian: Both of these are great ideas! Any experience mounting a ZIP drive internally on a compact Mac?
johnl On Jan 2, 11:51 am, "Christian Wacker" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was imagining something along the lines of what I do with old laptops, by > using a 2.5" to SD card converter (about $10-$20, depending) and the maze of > converters... but I never got around to installing the SD card thingummer > into my Classic (Got lazy, and didn't have the money) but now I have added a > second idea to the whole maze for this small contraption: Placing the SD > card converter in an easy-to-access location from the outside of the system, > thereby allowing me to remove the disk and add more data to it from my iMac > G3 collection. (I did the same with a G3 iMac, allows making multiple > installs simple, since all you need are multiple SD cards (which are > plentiful) > > Another solution that I've known to work is a SCSI Zip drive, and install > the OS on that. (100mb may not seem like much, but it's a heckuvalot more > than the 20\40mb ones in the AIO Macs... > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "D. Finnigan" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 7:12 AM > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Looking for something different > > > > > > >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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtmland our > > netiquette guide is athttp://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/ -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. 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