SlickRCBD wrote:
Mike Spurgeon wrote:Xerxes409 wrote:Hi guys, The SCSI drive in my old IIGS broke, and I need to get a replacement. There are a ton of old SCSI drives available for purchase here in Japan, but I'm wondering which ones will actually work. I've seen an Ultra Wide SCSI, SCSI II, and a 9GB SCSI drive for about 16 bucks at the local used computer shop. What should I be looking for, and am I going to be limited in HFS partition size?For $9, get the 9 gig.While I'm sorta inclined to agree, You should be aware that there IS a limit, but I can't remember if it's 4gb or 2gb. If you want all your drives to be formatted for ProDOS, you're limited to about 224MB. if there's a 225 or 250, go for it.If you don't mind having some HFS partitions, then your available space increases. In the early '90s ('93 or 94), I got a used 327mb drive, and partitioned 6 32mb ProDOS partitions and one large for the era 135mb HFS partition. I'm still using that on my IIGS today.You might not be able to get around the 2/4gb (not sure) limit by partitioning, due to the age of the hardware, I'm not sure. Of course, for $9, the wasted space probably isn't as big a loss.
But the point isn't the size, but the age. You want the youngest drive with sufficient capacity at the best price. Almost all SCSI drives are backward compatible with the old standard, including addressing. -michael Music synthesis for 8-bit Apple II's! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it is seriously underused."