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Source for Hard Drives
« on: July 02, 2008, 12:58:32 AM »
I need to buy a hard drive for my 3000T.
It has a 50pin cable.
Can anyone recommend a good model and supplier for one of these old babies.
I guess 4 GIG is the max...right?
Many mahalos.
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2008, 01:06:47 AM »
If you want a cheap one, check some garage sales or thrift stores for old power mac equipment. They were all scsi and you can generally pick up the whole machine for < $5 . The one's I've picked up have hard drives that are between 1 to 5 GB .

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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2008, 01:11:23 AM »
Good idea.
But out here on Maui there aren't too many of those around.
I'd like to find one with a warranty even if only for 30-90 days.
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2008, 02:27:51 AM »
I have found 50-pin SCSI drives up to 18GB on eBay from Mac dealers.  You might have the same luck.

If not, why not try a SCSI-IDE or SCSI-SATA adapter with an inexpensive IDE/SATA drive?
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2008, 03:55:27 AM »
68 to 50 pin adapters?

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Then use a newer drive with it.
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2008, 07:31:49 AM »
beware, the 68 to 50 pin adapters don't always work.. at least not the simple ones (with just wires). it was discussed here before. for those simple adapters, the HDD must turn on the termination or SE mode or something and some of them don't have jumper for it.
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #6 on: July 02, 2008, 02:13:24 PM »
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beware, the 68 to 50 pin adapters don't always work.. at least not the simple ones (with just wires). it was discussed here before. for those simple adapters, the HDD must turn on the termination or SE mode or something and some of them don't have jumper for it.


I don't believe that this is a simple on with just wires. It has active termination built in which is important. I will admit to not testing it on an Amiga myself as I use, shudder, IDE but it looks legit from the specs.

-Nyle
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Re: Source for Hard Drives
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2008, 03:47:55 PM »
"I guess 4 GIG is the max...right?"

It depends upon the version of the OS and the file system you intend to use.  4 gigs is a lot space for relatively compact Amiga files, especially if you keep your Mp3s and video files on CDs.  Caution: the temporary files generated by browsers tends to corrupt and shorten the life of a hard drive.

I run with two 4 Gig HDs, one is a back-up of the other (they are partitioned the same).
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