I used a couple 80-pin 9.1 GB SCA server drives in my power macs with adapters for years without major issues. Worth a shot if you have a pile of free drives!
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:45 AM William Stillwell <[email protected]> wrote: > if the drive has a narrow mode, it will work. > > William Stillwell > > Board Member - Inspiration labs, Inc. a 501c3 organization > > Board Member & Co-Founder - Byte Amusement Group // Free Play Florida > Arcade & Pinball Show a 501c3 organization > > > > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:18 AM James Zeun <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I discovered with my PM8500, that only certain models of 68pin will work. >> From what I gather it has to do with the SCSI mode. Early drives like 3-8 >> GB are backwards compatible. But later drives don't come with the correct >> firm for the old mac to recognize the drive. >> >> I have a nice 73gb ultra SCSI drive which my Mac won't read. I've had to >> but a SCSI card for it. >> >> On 13:34, Thu, 20 Dec 2018 Christian Wacker <[email protected] wrote: >> >>> Has anyone successfully run a modern 68Pin SCSI drive in a vintage Mac? >>> I've got about 50 from old servers at work, varying in size from 3GB up to >>> 72GB and most still work. My Mac Classic internal drive is certainly on its >>> way out and upgrading on the cheap is my plan. I can get a 68Pin to 50 pin >>> converter for as little as $3 but I don't want to throw money away on >>> something I can't use. >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> ----- >>> 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/ >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Vintage Macs" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> -- >> ----- >> 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/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Vintage Macs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > -- > ----- > 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/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Vintage Macs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- ----- 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/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
