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2011-12-19 by Matt Ferrari
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. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-12-19 by jammie
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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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-20 by Matt Ferrari
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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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-20 by Ted Summers
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. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2011-12-20 by Matt Ferrari
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. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Emax and Emax II User's Group Website > > http://www.silveriafamily.comYahoo! Groups Links > > >
2011-12-20 by jammie
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.
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> IDE drives have 40 pins and Apple did start using them in some Macs.
> Count your pins.....
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> All SCSI hard drives compatible with emax would have the 50 pins.
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> 68 pin didn't come along until SCSI 3.
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> On Dec 19, 2011, at 5:58 PM, Matt Ferrari wrote:
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> 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
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> 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
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> any subcribers know if it will work out for me to convert the the cable
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> scsi cable internally to fit my 50 pin apple hard drive? i'd hate to spend
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> The drive i have is a 250mb quantum prodrive that came out of a mac
> performa 630 i believe.
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2011-12-21 by Matt Ferrari
----- Original Message -----
From: jammie To: emax@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 4:34 AM Subject: Re: [emax] 50 pin to 68 pin scsi cable conversion for hd 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\ufffd40 its a no brainer \ufffd4 for 32mb cf cards on ebay with free shipping no brainer I am going to have to research this method. I have missed the conversations on this here. I know i can check the archived messages though. Thanks for the replies guys. Matt