[DM-MUG] 7100 drive connector

[kickfire at i-rule.net]

If he really needs to get this up and going. I suggest getting an  
orange micro PCI card with the serial port and scsi port ability.  
they are fairly cheap and would allow you the advantage of using  
older mac. accessories.


dave




Christianity isn't something you profess with your mouth, it's  
something you profess with your life




On Oct 12, 2005, at 6:15 AM, CW Smith wrote:

> Sometime, right about the time of the x100s, Apple switched from  
> using SCSI
> drives to IDE drives.  If the 7100 drive is SCSI (50 pins), it will  
> take
> some work and parts to mount it in the Blue & White.
>
> Probably better to get an external case for a SCSI drive (but why  
> bother
> with only 750 MB?)
>
> Get an inexpensive, used IDE drive (6-10 GB) and mount it in the  
> Blue &
> White.  Connect the two computers using Ethernet and copy needed  
> files from
> the 7100 to the Blue & White.
>
> If you don't have the Ethernet dongle for the 7100, maybe an  
> external SCSI
> Zip drive will let you move your files from one machine to the other.
>
> Let me know if I can help.
>
> Peace,
> CW
>
>
> On 10/11/05 11:17 PM, "Ray Bowler" <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:
>
>
>> My son-in-law has a B&W G3 with an empty bay.  He pulled the drive
>> (750 Mg) from a 7100 and would like to put it into his B&W but the
>> connectors are wrong.  Would there be an inexpensive adaptor to match
>> these two up? He doesn't feel that it is worth a lot of money.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
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