[comp.sys.mac] SE/30 hard drive question

mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (thomas fenger mcdougal) (02/14/89)

How does the SE/30 HD40 stack up against third party drives?
My instincts are to get the SE/30 w/out an internal HD and instead
buy something like the Jasmine Backpack (does it fit the SE/30?).
That way if the drive crashes I can still use the machine.

Wisdom from the peanut gallery?

--Tom

mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu

shiffman%basselope@Sun.COM (Hank Shiffman) (02/15/89)

In article <316@gargoyle.uchicago.edu> mcdougal@gargoyle.uchicago.edu (Tom McDougal) writes:
>My instincts are to get the SE/30 w/out an internal HD and instead
>buy something like the Jasmine Backpack (does it fit the SE/30?).

I thought seriously about getting a Backpack until I took a close look
at one at MacWorld.  It's a great looking, convenient appearing drive
except for one small detail.  Looks like you can kiss off using your
expansion slot for anything that needs to get to the outside world.
There's no place to run a connector out of the back of the Mac (e.g.
a monitor cable) with one of these in place.  

So I bought a regular under-the-Mac external drive instead.


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