Phipli
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One is a 40MB disk in my SE from about 1990. Two are early 90s ProDrives. Not really paid attention.Are those 4 mid 90s or older? If so then that is quite lucky!
One is a 40MB disk in my SE from about 1990. Two are early 90s ProDrives. Not really paid attention.Are those 4 mid 90s or older? If so then that is quite lucky!
I have a lot of SCSI Macs, I only have two SD card adapters, and both of those computers also have a spinning disk. No idea why, but I don't tend to lose many disks. Suspect they last better in cold houses.May they stay healthy then!
Also here I meant joshc, not Byrd. Had a brainfart there...I wouldn't chance a mid 90s one myself for any important long-term setup myself, but that as Byrd pointed out is just my opinion.
Seagate Barracuda fast scsi 50 pin drives from around the year 2000 work well, are quite reliable, and work fine with the internal SCSI-1 of a PowerMac 8600.
SCA drives are working fine with a real adapter like the one @max1zzz build.
But like other said, 50 pins are a safer bet
Has anybody else ever resorted to bumping a “dead” drive?
They're really quiet disks. Quieter than most old disks. Quieter than computer fans.As far as I can find, all of the ‘cuda’s are 7200rpm or more, no? I don’t think I would be happy with that considering how loud those fast spinners are.
Maybe you want one of these?
HDD SEAGATE ST423451N 23GB 5.4K SCSI 50-PIN 5.25https://www.ebay.com › ... › Internal Hard Disk Drives
They're really quiet disks. Quieter than most old disks. Quieter than computer fans.
Yeah, most of my computers use them. They're my quietest drives, some of the Quantum Atlases are quiet too. If you want clicky noises, the ultimate is a MiniScribe, but they're all really small (20 / 40... not sure if they even made 80s, but I suspect they did) and really unreliable.Do you have personal experience with ‘cuda drives of the late 90s and early 00s?
My 7200rpm 50 pin Barracuda was one of the quietest drives I've owned. I wish I could remember its model number. That SCSI drive was out around the same time as the IDE Barracuda ATA IV, which are also quiet 7200rpm drives.As far as I can find, all of the ‘cuda’s are 7200rpm or more, no? I don’t think I would be happy with that considering how loud those fast spinners are.
Oooh! You mean an HDD Clicker emulator?Yeah, most of my computers use them. They're my quietest drives, some of the Quantum Atlases are quiet too. If you want clicky noises, the ultimate is a MiniScribe, but they're all really small (20 / 40... not sure if they even made 80s, but I suspect they did) and really unreliable.
My... best sounding clicky drive is a 2GB IBM drive I think, but it is starting to fail I suspect. Its never been 100% since it arrived in a 6100.
Truth be told... it would probably be cheaper to make a device that emulated the click and connect it to the LED connector on the hard disk so it went "click" every time the LED state changed and "click, click click" when it was on sustained.
They don’t work too well though. They only have one noise they can make, making an accurate simulation would require the device to mimic the head’s position on the disk which is more difficult.
Archive videos in Cinepak for playing on vintage Macs.What in the world would I ever do with 23GB?