[G4] Power Mac G4 Hard Drive installation info request

[James Asherman]

It's a shame but you are had.
That drive and that info are for 1990's Macs.
Unless you have a SCSI card installed or your Mac is BEIGE, it is not  
correct.
On Oct 7, 2007, at 3:54 PM, cecilhal at netzero.net wrote:

> Hi Ronald. Appreciate your response.  I purchased the drive from a  
> power seller on ebay. The seller stated the following in the listing:
> To ensure Mac OS compatibility and for your peace of mind, drive  
> has been Initialized and tested perfectly with installed Macintosh  
> OS, Apple Drive Setup, and TechTool Utility For faster and greater  
> performance we have fitted this 80 pin drive with a fully tested  
> standard 50 pin SCSI connector and made it backward compatable with  
> SCSI-1 and SCSI-2. Let us know after the auction if you need 68 pin  
> connection. So, since the drive already has an OS This mean that  
> all I really need now is the specific adapter PCI card and ribbon  
> to connect it to the motherboard. Can you direct me to a website  
> (provide a link) where I can purchase these items? If you find such  
> a site I'd appreciate a link directly to the products instead of  
> the store's main web address. I would not know what I am looking  
> for. Thanks in advance.
>
> Cecil
>
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