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Adding a second hard drive to an SE 30
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I'm sure it's possible. People have managed to cram two floppy drives and a hard drive into those cases (with a custom mounting bracket, of coarse). It all depends on the size of the hard drive and if your SE/30 can handle the extra power load.
I haven't seen 2 hard drives, but I have seen some extended brackets that were for adding a hard disk to a 2-floppy SE / SE 30. I expect with one of those and a bit of creative wiring, you could get 2 HDs in. You'd want both drives to be low power so you don't fry the power supply.
Errr... you did mean add internally? If an external HD is what you're asking about, any ol' SCSI drive enclosure will do. You just have to set the SCSI ID to something different than your internal HD.
Errr... you did mean add internally? If an external HD is what you're asking about, any ol' SCSI drive enclosure will do. You just have to set the SCSI ID to something different than your internal HD.
I did this, over 5 years ago. I might have some old pictures somewhere, even. It was no professional job...I used electrical tape for traction and pencil eraser bits as spacers. But it worked!
That's amazing!
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That's amazing!
It is most certainly possible - 9 years ago I was running dual hard drives inside my LCII, if you can do it with an LCII you can definitely do it with an SE/30, or indeed any other Mac with internal SCSI and enough internal space, given that you have a spare 3 connector 50 pin internal SCSI ribbon, and a molex power splitter. My only real concern is that the SE/30, like all other 68ks, is getting old, and I personally would be wary of running dual hard drives or anything else with high power consumption unless you have an auxuillary power supply setup similar to JDW's.
I purchased that PSU from Jameco by the way. It wasn't anything special. I bought it specifically to drive my internal 7200rpm hard drive, lessening the load on the stock SE/30 PSU. This was important because at the time I had a 40MHz Turbo 040 in there, among other upgrades. I now have the HD in a HD20SC case sitting beneath the SE/30. That eliminated my need for the secondary PSU and it reduced heat as well.
As you can see, I spent a lot of time getting that PSU to fit just the way I wanted it. But perhaps what took me the longest was opening up the SONY PSU so I could tap the main AC line off the switch. That way the secondary PSU powers on at the same time as the SE/30 does -- all with the flip of the same switch you are accustomed to, on the back of the SE/30.
As you can see, I spent a lot of time getting that PSU to fit just the way I wanted it. But perhaps what took me the longest was opening up the SONY PSU so I could tap the main AC line off the switch. That way the secondary PSU powers on at the same time as the SE/30 does -- all with the flip of the same switch you are accustomed to, on the back of the SE/30.
That's sweet.
