Do you need that much storage? I have a couple SE/30's and just used some 4GB 50 pin (never used) SCSI drives, they are faster then the built in SCSI BUS as it is.
On Aug 6, 1:12 am, PeterH <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 5, 2010, at 7:32 PM, JG wrote: > > > I'm getting into restoring a couple of old SE/30's and want to use a > > SCSI to IDE adapter for storage. > > > I've seen a couple mentioned: > > > ACard AEC-7720U > > I've used ACARD's "SCSIDE" products for years and years and years. > > There are QUITE a few models. All are designed to do the same thing: > convert a PATA drive to SCSI. > > The SCSI may be narrow or wide, standard or low voltage differential, > all according to the particular model. > > A couple even have caddies for the drive so that the entire package > can physically replace a standard height 3.5" drive. > > A few are specifically designed and intended for optical drives, and > those fit a 5.25" form factor quite well, but fit a 3.5" form factor > rather badly. > > The firmware was updated about 5 or so years ago to support large > drives, and I have used these converters with 300 GB and 400 GB > drives, and possibly also 500 GB drives (on my Beige G3). > > The main issue, as I see it, is what version of MacOS can handle a > partition that large? Surely not OS8, as I recall having to partition > the drive into rather small partitions, and Disk Utility limits the > number of partitions. > > Anyway, they DO work, but for an SE/30 I would probably look for > narrow SCSI drives in the 1" high form factor, and keep the size down > to something reasonable, like 4 GB. > > Finding a narrow drive larger than 9 GB will be tough, but they were > made to a least 18 GB and possibly also 36 GB. > > SCSIDE converters are perhaps most useful on a Beige G3 running OS9. -- ----- 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/
