[MacDV] Should I buy a SCSI drive?

[Shirley Kehr]

I'd see giving up a PCI slot and drive position for only 73 GB as kind
of a waste. For the same amount of money, you can get 120 to 200 GB
drives and not tie up a slot with a SCSI card.

Shirley 

Tuckerman Moss wrote:
> 
> I'm new to dv but quickly realize I need more storage in my 60 GB
> 933MHz Quicksilver.  I have a Miles PCI-Ultra2 SCSI host adapter card
> lying around from a previous machine.  I also notice that the IBM
> UltraStar 73GB 73LZX drive is pretty cheap at OWC ($250)!  My questions:
> 
> 1) Does it make sense to install a SCSI in this machine - as opposed to
> an ATA or Firewire drive for example?  Problems?  Speed?
> 2) Anyone have comments on this particular drive?  Noise?
> 3) OWC describes the drive as "80 to 68 adapted".  The Miles card takes
> 68-pins internal.  Is this "adapted" an okay thing?
> 
> I do not plan on booting from this drive, if that makes any difference.
> 
> Thanks,  Tuck
> 
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