You can put either a 3.5" or a 5.25" hard drive in a Mac II. I've seen both configurations in action. Brackets are available for either.
Also make sure you have an additional floppy on hand in case the one you get has only one drive installed. Although this isn't necessary it's nice for making backups of important disks (and when disks get old they get unreliable so make your backups). A stock regular II can only use 800K drives though. I'm currently working on a II myself (it will be a server for a platoon of compact Macs I recently acquired). Make sure your II has a good video card and make sure you know how to solder batteries in. A II will not start if it doesn't have two good batteries. It uses the same small 3.6V batteries that most of the other Macs use. Scott --- Kyle Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > Looking into purchasing a Mac II (the original). > There is no hard > drive installed... i know it is SCSI, but is there > anything specific to > know, like physical size or termination, etc? Never > owned a II > anything before. > > Also, what do you think is a fair price? > > Thanks, > Kyle- > > > -- > Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com > | Enter To Win A | > -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 > | Free iBook! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Vintage Macs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > iPod Accessories for Less > at 1-800-iPOD.COM > Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal > www.1800ipod.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
