lipo@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Pat Lipo) (02/26/91)
I've seen advertisements for that little Jasmine 40Mb hard drive for
the Macintosh. It is quite small, and pretty damn cheap--$299 list.
Sounds pretty tempting, since it's SCSI, after all...
However, I've heard that the drive itself gets power from the Mac via
the SCSI connection. Is this true? If so, will it even work on my
machine if I get a 50-pin to DB-25 SCSI adapter cable? Maybe with a
little fiddling? :-) Oh---I have a A3000-25 with a 50Mb already on
board.
Anyone who's tried using this thing? My dad owns one for his Mac, but
since he already has some important stuff on it, he won't let me touch
it. :-)
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In article <1991Feb25.200841.4723@macc.wisc.edu> lipo@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Pat Lipo) writes: > > I've seen advertisements for that little Jasmine 40Mb hard drive for >the Macintosh. It is quite small, and pretty damn cheap--$299 list. >Sounds pretty tempting, since it's SCSI, after all... For $100 more, you can have brand new Quantum 105meg drive. A couple of companies in the back of MacWeek sell them. -- Ed Krimen ............................................... ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0
guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) (02/26/91)
In article <1991Feb25.200841.4723@macc.wisc.edu> lipo@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Pat Lipo) writes: > > I've seen advertisements for that little Jasmine 40Mb hard drive for >the Macintosh. It is quite small, and pretty damn cheap--$299 list. >Sounds pretty tempting, since it's SCSI, after all... Well can't help you on that drive but PC WEEK has had a company called,"IME" that sells a Maxtor LXT100 (96meg'r) for $299. It is a 3.5" internal SCSI drive, 26ms access and a 1 year warrenty. I bought mine about a month ago and have it on my Microbotics Hardframe (latest upgrade supports the Maxtor LXT100) I am very happy with it AND the price! If you want the # it is: 1-800-999-1911 (it is in Boston Mass.) They ship 2nd day so it comes pretty quick. Anyway thought I'd pass on a good deal since it sounded like you were looking for one! ;-) Later!!! -- ______________________________________________________________________________ Guy Dandrea, Network Systems Corp. // guy@nsco.network.com #129.191.1.1 \\ // 7600 Boone Ave No, Mpls. MN 55428 \X/
pwb@newt.phys.unsw.OZ.AU (Paul W. Brooks) (03/01/91)
In article <1991Feb25.222859.8447@ecst.csuchico.edu>, ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: > In article <1991Feb25.200841.4723@macc.wisc.edu> lipo@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Pat Lipo) writes: > > > > I've seen advertisements for that little Jasmine 40Mb hard drive for > >the Macintosh. It is quite small, and pretty damn cheap--$299 list. > >Sounds pretty tempting, since it's SCSI, after all... > > For $100 more, you can have brand new Quantum 105meg drive. A couple of > companies in the back of MacWeek sell them. > > US$400 for 105MB?? I think I'll catch a plane - down in this neck of the woods a generic 40MB drive costs around A$800 as a ballpark figure - now with the exchange rate thats about US$650 ???? - correct me if I'm wrong :-) :-) :-) A A A A A -- > Ed Krimen ............................................... > ||| Video Production Major, California State University, Chico > ||| INTERNET: ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu FREENET: al661 > / | \ SysOp, Fuji BBS: 916-894-1261 FIDONET: 1:119/4.0 Paul Brooks |Internet: pwb@newt.phys.unsw.edu.au Uni. of N.S.W. |If you have trouble sleeping, try lying on the end of Kensington NSW 2033| your bed. With a little luck you'll drop off. AUSTRALIA | - Mark Twain.