[DuoList] 2400c hard drive upgrades

[Richard Bennet]

Easy there , Big Fella! "Your mileage may vary" comes
to mind. Many circunstances exist in this Alternate
Macintosh Universe! Just because your Duo worked at
over 4 gigs doesn't mean his would, unfortunately.
Let's all get a Longneck, and help each other out. 
(BTW - I KNOW I'm fulla shit; lotsa practice!)

Rich
--- Andrew Holst <drandrewevil at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I had a 10gb on my 2400 and it worked just fine. No
> data loss. No random 
> crashing. It ran just fine. That man is full of
> shit.
> 
> >From: "taichi at austin.rr.com" <taichi at austin.rr.com>
> >Reply-To: taichi at austin.rr.com,"A place to discuss
> Apple's sub-portable 
> >computers."
> <duolist at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> >To: duolist at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> >Subject: Re: [DuoList] 2400c hard drive upgrades
> >Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 14:32:50 -0500
> >
> >hi
> >if you intend to ever use scsi disk mode to hoook
> the 2400 up to a Mac
> >desktop as a external drive you can not use a drive
> bigger than 4 gb.
> >Some folks found 4.3 gb ibm drives would not even
> work... massive data loss
> >may occour. ymmv
> >
> >one can find 4 gb apple branded drives on ebay
> >
> >better to blow off scsi disk mode and gett a bigger
> drive.
> >a 5400 rpm may be generating too much heat so I
> would shy away from that
> >Again ymmv
> >
> >I used a 10 gb from a newer powerbook that I put a
> larger drive into.
> >
> >Look on Dealmac.com
> >there was a 5400 60gb drive for $135
> >that would be outrageous !! MAybe Hot would be the
> word.
> >
> >Bon
> >
> >Original Message:
> >-----------------
> >From: Thomas G. Monclova samoht at bl.org
> >Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 12:34:16 -0600 (CST)
> >To: hugeu2fan at gmail.com,
> duolist at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
> >Subject: Re: [DuoList] 2400c hard drive upgrades
> >
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I'd like to upgrade the original 1.3gb drive in
> my 2400c to something
> > > larger and faster.  I've seen reports of people
> putting in 20, 30, and
> > > even 40gb drives into these machines but have
> yet to find
> > > brand/model/price listings.  Do any of you
> veterans have any
> > > suggestions?  I've heard good stories about IBM
> drives.  Thanks!
> > >
> > > Morris
> >
> >
> >  	Hiya Morris,
> >
> >  	I'm loving the 60GB Toshiba I put in my 2300. 
> It has a 16MB cache
> >which makes virtual RAM seem quite nice (as long as
> I leave it under about
> >8MB).  I'd say that drive is going well.
> >
> >  	It's a fast drive which means it runs a bit warm
> at 5400 RPM, and
> >it draws a bit more power than some since it runs
> at a 5V and 1 Amp.
> >
> >  	-t
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