Re: Seagate ST42100N 1.9GB drive "not recommended" for Macs???

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From: david broudy
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1995 21:17

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In article <49ehrj$5k9@spool.cs.wisc.edu>, tuc@sol6.cs.wisc.edu (Brian
Cole) wrote:

- Is anyone out there using a Seagate ST42100N drive with a Macintosh.
- I'm told that this model is "not recommended" for Macs, but SCSI is
- SCSI so I can't imagine why not.  (It's 1.9GB, full-height, Fast-SCSI-2.)

Hm, that's the old Elite II drive. That thing is mighty fast but draws
enough power to start a Buick. Not only will it not fit in anything
besides a Q900/950, but many external FH cases can't handle the power draw
(tho the Q900/950 can). Find a vendor who can verify their case can handle
at least 60W of startup current, maybe more for safety's sake. (it takes a
lot of oomph to get those big 5.25" platters up to 5400 rpm).

I used one of these for awhile on a IIfx with an ATTO scsi card and was
getting about 4-5MB/sec transfers. It should fly on a Pmac.
-- 
              * http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~broudy/  *
              * freelance web geek n tech writer *

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