[geeks] Source for cheep hard drives?

Eric Dittman dittman at dittman.net
Thu Mar 7 15:44:59 CST 2002


> > What kind of 3.5" drives are you looking for?  IDE or SCSI?
> > If SCSI, what interface?
> 
> SCSI Narrow, they are to go in a pair of SS2s.

These should be easy to find on eBay.

> > Finding inexpensive large capacity 2.5" SCSI drives is not
> > easy.  Finding inexpensive large capacity 2.5" IDE drives
> > is easy, but the IDE interface in the Multia is *SLOW*.
> 
> This is good information. I'm just looking to add a little more permanent
> storage to the multia. As for the internal SCSI drive, one large enough to
> hold a boot partition would be nice (32MB and up).
> 
> The Multia originally had a 512MB internal SCSI laptop-style drive. I'd be
> happy with 1GB, but suspect I may have to stick to 512MB or lower.

There is always the option of finding the SCSI option card
without the PCI slot and the 3.5" internal mounting tray.
That's what I use in my Multia.
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Eric Dittman
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