Emax

apple drive is ide the later macs ditched the scsi connection for ide as ide was cheaper

just get your self a cf card drive at£40 its a no brainer

£4 for 32mb cf cards on ebay with free shipping no brainer
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Matt Ferrari 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 6:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [emax] 50 pin to 68 pin scsi cable conversion for hd


    
  ok now in looking with this information
  i was wrong 50 pins is correct the apple drive is 40

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Ted Summers" <djtbs1@...>
  To: <emax@yahoogroups.com>
  Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 11:40 PM
  Subject: Re: [emax] 50 pin to 68 pin scsi cable conversion for hd

  > IDC on the connector is 50 pins.
  > 68 pin is like a DSUB connection.
  >
  > IDE drives have 40 pins and Apple did start using them in some Macs.
  > Count your pins.....
  >
  > All SCSI hard drives compatible with emax would have the 50 pins.
  >
  > 68 pin didn't come along until SCSI 3.
  >
  >
  > On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Matt Ferrari wrote:
  >
  > On the inside* there is present a 68 pin cable and a mounting plate for a 
  > hard drive.
  > This 68 pin cable does infact plug into a maxtor drive that I have the 
  > 540s, but that drive doesnt work.
  > I also kept a hd from a mac which has what looks like to be the 50 pins.
  >
  > So more specifically my question is, is there hope to use this drive if i 
  > convert the existing cable down from 68 pins to fit into the smaller
  > pin slot on the drive?
  >
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: jammie
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:08 PM
  > Subject: Re: [emax] 50 pin to 68 pin scsi cable conversion for hd
  >
  > its a standard 50 pin idc in the emax same as the mac internal connection
  > ----- Original Message ----- 
  > From: Matt Ferrari
  > To: emax@yahoogroups.com
  > Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:40 PM
  > Subject: [emax] 50 pin to 68 pin scsi cable conversion for hd
  >
  > any subcribers know if it will work out for me to convert the the cable 
  > end on the 68 pin
  > scsi cable internally to fit my 50 pin apple hard drive? i'd hate to spend 
  > $10 bucks and have it not work.
  > The drive i have is a 250mb quantum prodrive that came out of a mac 
  > performa 630 i believe.
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