[G4] Power Mac G4 Hard Drive installation info request

[John Niven]

Definitely NOT that drive. That drive is 500Gb and
ATA/100.

John
--- Pat Smith <patorkd at suddenlink.net> wrote:

> The model number for the Seagate drive , I think, is
> ST3500630A
> 
> kd
> 
> On Oct 9, 2007, at 10:47 AM, John Niven wrote:
> 
> > Cecil,
> >
> > I took a look at that eBay item. I still don't
> know
> > what the model number of the SEAGATE Barracuda
> hard
> > drive is. You should be able to read it off the
> label.
> >
> > Really I think you bought the wrong thing since it
> has
> > a 50 pin converter, which is obviously intended
> for
> > the retro crowd (not much of a crowd these days)
> > running really old SCSI based Macs (BTW I do that
> > also: have a Quadra 950 or two :-).
> >
> > If you really want to use this drive to it's
> maximum
> > then you should go back to the eBay seller and ask
> him
> > if you could swap your 50pin converter for a 68pin
> > one. Then you have to start looking for a suitable
> PCI
> > card, cable and terminator.
> >
> > John
> >
> > --- "cecilhal at netzero.net" <cecilhal at netzero.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> John, appreciate your response.  Here is the
> drive
> >> info you asked for.
> >
> >> Later today I
> >> will take close-ups of the SCSI drive/adapter. 
> Item
> >> number: 170143286944
> >> Cecil
> >
> >
> >
> >        
> >
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