On 2008-06-25 15:55:51 -0700, charssun <charssun@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> On 2008-06-04 06:57:42 -0700, DJW <ddwr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>
>> I just bought a G3 450 blue and white tower on eBay. ItÕs one that
>> came with 9 GB Ultra2 SCSI hard drive instead of a Ultra ATA hard
>> drive.
>>
>> Will it have the other IDE bus waiting for two IDE hard drives to be
>> able to be hooked up? And if so did apple bother to include the cable?
>>
>> And because it is got a SCSI device will one of the PCI slots be
>> filled with a SCSI board? And if so will that Board have an external
>> outlet to be able to hook up an external SCSI chain? Will the card
>> have two SCSI buses on it?
>>
>> Oh and are the internal zip and CD-Rom drive IDE and not SCSI?
>> I know I have a lot of questions that will all be answered when I get
>> it but IÕd like to know in advance what I can expect.
>
> I just gave a "B&W" Power Mac to a friend; though it has the Ultra2
> SCSI in it, it comes with the ability to plug in an ATA hard drive,
> too, as long as you have the correct cable. (In fact, I pulled the SCSI
> drive before giving it to my friend, and put in an ATA drive.) I
> believe the 9 GB Ultra2 SCSI drive was a more pricey configuration on
> this model -- in other words, optional. More specs are available on
> EveryMac.com, which has extensive details on all Apple products.
>
> Charssun
Oh, and I forgot to add: Yes, this Mac will have the Ultra2 SCSI
adapter plugged in to an available PCI slot. (That is, if it is indeed
running a SCSI drive.) The internal zip and CD-ROM drives will be IDE.
Charssun
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