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- From: w.l.vaughn@LaRC.NASA.GOV (Wallace L. Vaughn)
- Subject: Re: Question about SCSI on Mac 512ke
- Message-ID: <Bu3xLA.8H3@news.larc.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: w.l.vaughn@LaRC.NASA.GOV (Wallace L. Vaughn)
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
- References: <4SEP199215403049@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov>
- Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 13:31:57 GMT
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- > Netters,
-
- >A colleague of mine is interested in buying an external hard drive for her
- >512ke, and is interested in a couple of different models from different
- >manufacturers. They all have something in common: they hook up to the SCSI
- >port.
-
- >It's been _ages_ since I fooled around with a 512ke, and her comment (upon
- >looking at the back of the SE on my desk) was, "All those symbols are
- >different now, and there are a lot more of these." (the last said while
- >pointing to an ADB-style plug.
-
- >Help me out, folks. Can a circa 1992 SCSI device plug into the back of an
- >old Mac 512ke or not? Now _I'm_ confused!
-
- >Thanks...
-
- >-- Brian
-
- A hard drive was available from Apple, a non-scsi 20 meg drive, which would connect to the
- external floppy port, however no SCSI drives can be connected.
-
- A solution is to upgrade the 512KE to PLUS status with an upgrade that includes a SCSI port. I
- upgraded mine but the cost for SCSI and 4MB is over $300, or only slightly less than a used
- Mac Plus. I havn't scrapped up the cash for a drive yet so I can't tell if the SCSI port worked or
- not. But I do have plenty of memory now. I believe that SCCI only upgrades may also be available.
-
- your welcome
-
- Wally
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