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30GB Firewire Drive for 30 BUCKS!

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cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 13:48:36 I needed an external hard drive to use on my TiBook to install YDL 2.3 and for backup, so I went on eBay and very quickly found and won this! It's a 30GB, 5,200 rpm firewire drive that's missing the firewire and the power cable. All for $31, shipping included!!! I already bought a firewire cable from another auction for $4 and now all I need to do is wait for it to arrive to figure out what kind of power cable it uses. WOOHOO! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 My Site: http://cine.sytes.net My Hardware Page: http://cineware.sytes.net
Gothikon Full Member Australia 537 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 14:57:53 Wow! You can't even get a case the cheaply yet!
G4from128k Full Member USA 873 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 16:28:24 Congratulations. One can never have too much storage! Cheers, G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way Reserve Officer in 68kMLA Cantankerous Coot Contingent & User of the Hockey Puck Mouse of Radial Symmetry
tmtomh Junior Member USA 172 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 16:49:22 quote: It's a 30GB, 5,200 rpm firewire drive that's missing the firewire and the power cable. All for $31, shipping included!!! I already bought a firewire cable from another auction for $4 and now all I need to do is wait for it to arrive to figure out what kind of power cable it uses. Yo cine, nice score! I bought just the case from Zeehoo a little over a year ago, and it cost $90! A couple of pieces of info: First off, that's gotta be a 4,200 or 5,400rpm drive. There are no 5,200 rpm drives. Chances are it's 5,400, because AFAIK all 4,200rpm units are smaller, 2.5" laptop drives, and you've got a full sized 3.5" unit in there. Second, here's the info on the power adapter (at least the one that came with mine: It's a little like a laptop power adapter, in that the "brick" is in the middle of the cord, and therefore is not part of the plug. The AC plug is a "regular" two prong type because of this (good news for crowded power strips). This AC plug end is a separate cable that has a standard inverse two-prong plug that goes into the power brick section. The end that goes into the back of the drive lookes like a Mac serial or ADB cable. The connector has five pins though. This is a very common type of power adapter interface on computer equipment, but it's pretty uncommon at Radio Shack, and I have no idea what the proper/formal name for it is. Finally, the one that came with my drive is a StarKing Technology switching adapter, Model PA-215, .6Amp input (100-240VAC, 50 or 60Hz, interestingly), 5V -- 1.5A, and 12V -- 1.8A. Hope this helps. Matt No rank Permanent 68k roommates: - "Mystic" Color Classic, full '040, 36/700, OS 8.1 - Q605, full '040, 36/1.2G/enet, 8.1, Debian Woody - Q605 overclocked to 33MHz, full '040, 20/1.2G/enet, 7.6.1, NetBSD
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 20:26:10 Whoa, thanks alot, Matt! That'll definitely help me find the cable, sounds like the audio cable that goes to my Altec Lansing subwoofer. Should be easy around here... Oh and yeah, it's 5,400 rpm, that was a typo! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 My Site: http://cine.sytes.net My Hardware Page: http://cineware.sytes.net
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 24 Jan 2003 : 21:52:42 does that mean you have more than one drawer in your house with MANY unidentifyable cables? Official 68k videographer
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 25 Jan 2003 : 23:52:34 ~1.1$ a GB pretty good I wonder what the suprise you'll get when you plug it in Y'know whats on it -danny You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 ------- 68k Macintosh Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 00:13:49 I LOVE THAT!!! finding out what's ona used HDD!!! Official 68k videographer
maclover5 LC Doctor/Hot Rodder Australia 5830 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 00:15:11 COOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! -------------------------- Give your dreams a chance.� - Apple in the mid '90s Warrior maclover5 68k Macintosh Liberation Army Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 00:26:34 yeah... if I had a 30 GB firewire drive... I'd be wondering what to use it for... and when I'd be getting a computer with firewirer in it Official 68k videographer
cinemafia Guerrilla Recon Leader USA 2965 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 01:06:48 quote: does that mean you have more than one drawer in your house with MANY unidentifyable cables? Two drawers...plus several cardboard boxes! 666th poster and 666th thread-creator Mod of the Mac II series Forums Total 68K Macs liberated: 7 My Site: http://cine.sytes.net My Hardware Page: http://cineware.sytes.net
cory5412 68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms USA 4679 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 01:15:11 HAHAHAHA!!! we have stacking drawer units... THOSE are fun... I've tried to seperate my cables by platform, and use, for example, AV, mac cables, PC cables, power adaptors, power cords... ect ect Official 68k videographer
catsdorule Senior Member Canada 1627 Posts	Posted - 26 Jan 2003 : 13:58:48 I need a pc for games hehe, I have 1 pail full of av and computer cables hehe -danny You! What PLANET is this! -- McCoy, "The City on the Edge of Forever", stardate 3134.0 ------- 68k Macintosh Liberation Army 68k Macs Liberated: 3

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