jpapo@pro-realm.UUCP (Jeff Papo) (07/06/89)
Can anyone fill me in on how to build a homemade Hard Disk (60megs).
Also if anyone knows where the best deals for the hardware pieces? Any info
will be greatly appreciated!
jpapo@pro-realmmarc@lakesys.UUCP (Marc Rassbach) (07/07/89)
In article <8907060036.AA03902@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-simasd!pro-grouch!pro-realm!jpapo@nosc.mil writes: > > Can anyone fill me in on how to build a homemade Hard Disk (60megs). >Also if anyone knows where the best deals for the hardware pieces? Any info Check out computer shopper, 1988 issue.... May-ish. Has an article all about the topic....and now plug time. (I know this needs to me in misc.foresale.) I have the adapatec 4000 scsi to mfm controller mentioned in the article. Was going to be a gift for my SO, but my SO and I are no more. I need to sel the card. $150 gets you the card, manual, and cables. -- Marc Rassbach marc@lakesys If you take my advice, that "I can't C with my AI closed" is your problem, not mine! If it was said on UseNet, it must be true.
nevar@pnet51.cts.com (Karsten Smelser) (07/08/89)
There are a couple of ways that you could go... I just recently
finished installing a 'Homebrew' HD on my //GS (42MB).
One way to do it is by purchasing a SCSI drive, a SCSI card (if your
Apple doesn't already have one), and then build your own case and supply a
power supply to run it (hopefully w/ a fan.)
This way typically costs about $125 for the card and anywhere from
$350-600 for the drive. As for the power supply and case? Well, you could
hack an old IBM :-) for its supply and build a case out of crap in your
basement.
OR,
You could purchase an IBM HD (non SCSI imbedded) w/ either RLL or MFM
protocol and then purchase an SCSI card for your apple and a converter from a
company called ADAPTEC (they make cards for this purpose - $125 and up).
OR,
Do what I did.
Buy an IBM HD (MFM) and a MFM controller board ($195) form PERLIN
Electronics.
All told - I figure that I saved about $1100 by going this route (vs.
buying an Apple HD) and it works faster too.
Good Luck!
-Karsten
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