> I have recently come into possession of a neat, almost new APS >external hard drive case, apparently made for PowerBooks/Laptops. > >If you are familiar with the wonderful product line by Applied >Peripherals Systems (APS) you know the craftsmanship and >indestructibility built into these cases. > >This case is the standard PowerBook "gray"; it is smaller than the usual >external case (9"x 6" x 1.5") for portability; it only has one (vice the >usual 2) 50-pin SCSI port on the back and comes with a 110v to 9v >transformer/power adapter. > >I knew it was smaller than the regular cases, but I figured they had >engineered it so that I could simply drop one of the many Quantum or >Seagate SCSI drives I use to upgrade the regular external cases. Not so. >When I opened the case, I found it did not look at all like the standard >cases. There could be, but there is not room enough to put a "standard" >3.5 drive in there, not to mention the wiring is not what I am used to >either. The SCSI connector is a 50-pin, but somewhat smaller than the >standard internal connector, so I might have to find a connector too. Find a 2.5 SCSI hard drive. It's not hard to find, either on ebay or from the swap list. Paul