Using ST-506 hard disks on the Mac

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From: Otto J. Makela
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1989 12:11

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We have an extra 20M (ex-ibm-pc) MiniScribe 3.5" hard disk at work.  The
interface is the PC standard ST-506 (you know, wide cable and narrow cable
and power, just like an ESDI drive).  I'm interested in knowing, does anyone
know of a do-it-yourself kit OR a ready-made interface to get this to work
with an ancient MacPlus (actually upgraded Mac512, thus no SCSI port) ?
Alternatively, can anyone point me to articles etc. discussing such things ?
I'm not afraid of gutting the machine or the CPU board, since I've done that
already a couple of times...
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From: otto@tukki.jyu.fi (Otto J. Makela)
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Subject: Using ST-506 hard disks on the Mac
Summary: Can it be done with a reasonable cost ?  Is it worth the trouble ?
Keywords: Macintosh harddisk ST-506
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