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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
 Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 06:57:21
What size hard drive can I use with my Performa 400?shaktiman Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
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Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 08:38:47
If I'm not mistaken, a Performa 400 is basically an LC or LCII, correct? As for the HD you can use, I'm pretty sure it would be a 50 pin SCSI, 5-12 Volts DC. Easy way to tell is to look inside your 'box see what's there. As for the max size you can use, it depends on your System software. System 7-whatever will allow up to 2Gb, System 7.5 allows like 137 Tb or something crazy like that. The catch is you must use the proper HD setup program. Some were written for IDE drives (which will not work on a SCSI system) and other versions were for SCSI drives. I hope this helps, lemme know, okay?I did some looking: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=112190 Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE. Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... Edited by - slomac636 on 09 Oct 2002 08:45:04 |
cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 11:43:17
You can put as big a hard drive as you can afford. If it's not 50-pin SCSI, you can get a 68-pin/80-pin/LVD-to-SE adapter to make it so. Even if it's not SCSI, you can get an Acard IDE bridge to make it so. Even if it's 36GB and you're running an OS before 7.5.2, you can chop it up into eighteen 2GB partitions. 
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shaktiman
Senior Member
United Kingdom
1226 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 11:50:34
yeah, realy cool answers.My duo (which is currently in transit) has os 7.5 or there abouts & so I am hoping to network duo & Performa to put 7.5 onto the performa. quote:
137 Tb
What is this?I will buy a cheap drive at some point & now know what I'm looking for. My cdr, erm this is going into peripherals shaktiman Quadra 840av, 128MB ram, 2MB vram, cd drive(caddy),1 caddy!:-)
1.2 gig drive, 4.23 gig drive
3 monitors 15" & 14" & 14" os 8.1 56k modem,
Stylewriter 1200, Umax 1220s scanner
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 12:31:16
137TB = 137 Terabytes1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes or 1,000,000 Megabytes or 1,000,000,000 Kilobytes Actually, though, the truth is any OS from 7.5.2 and up can recognize only 2 Terabytes, not 137...  666th poster and 666th thread-creator
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mathgeek
Junior Member
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 16:37:57
quote:
137TB = 137 Terabytes1 Terabyte = 1,000 Gigabytes or 1,000,000 Megabytes or 1,000,000,000 Kilobytes
I'm sure we all know, but 1 terabyte isn't 1000 gigabytes. It's 1024. And 1 gigabyte = 1024 megabytes. That having been said, some of the computer ads I've seen for peecee's use the term gibabyte to mean 1000 megabytes. I guess a lot of buyers were complaining that their drives weren't the size that was advertised. Even Apple isn't immune to this wierdness. If you use the Apple System profiler under OS9 it makes a point of distinguishing between drive "size" and "capacity". Check it out
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 09 Oct 2002 : 20:36:45
Actually, all hard drive maufacturers use mini-gigs when referring to their own product.  ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 00:57:54
quote:
Actually, all hard drive maufacturers use mini-gigs when referring to their own product. ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
Lemme guess, a "minigig" is 1000 megs? Just wondering... -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5
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mathgeek
Junior Member
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2002 : 18:06:33
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Actually, all hard drive maufacturers use mini-gigs when referring to their own product.
um, maybe you mistook what I wrote as a typo. I said some peecee sellers use the term "gibabyte". That's a "b" in gibabyte, not just a typo. It's some wacky new term invented by the industry to eliminate confusion. But notice how it just causes confusion. mathgeek 68K Macs Liberated: LC, Performa 636, Mac Classic II
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Slomac636
Junior Member
USA
103 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2002 : 00:27:25
Sorry, I'm sure 137 Tb is WAAAYYY off, but I was just having some fun there, I have been known to exaggerate things on occasion. I'm sure that you could put anything SCSI in there and it would probably work hunk-dory.Actually in my line of work Tb stands for Tablespoon... Macs Liberated: 9 - 6400/180 (main Mac), 660AV, 636CD, LCIII+, LCII (2), Classic II, Classic and SE. Yeah, I hate that friggin beach ball too... |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2002 : 18:04:11
But wouldn't "Tablespoon" be TS? -------------------------- "I keep my friends close, but I keep my enemies closer" - Unkown Warrior maclover5
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