Re: INCREDIBLE PRICES ON MAC HARD DRIVES [Beware Quantum Warranty]

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From: Jeff A Jensen
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 12:21

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In <palane.774593585@pv742b.vincent.iastate.edu> palane@iastate.edu (Paul A. Lane) writes:

>In <nick.1124337171D@usenet.pitt.edu> nick@pitt.edu ( nick.c ) writes:

>>In Article <2vr1ne$jsc@hebron.connected.com>, flodin@connected.com (Joseph
>>Flodin) wrote:

>>>Just for your information: IDE drives do not work on Macs.

>>   True.  Also FYI, Apples new machines (starting this month with
>>     the 630 and 150 - the latter 2.5") will *only* work with 
>>     IDE drives (internally).  Ref: MacWEEK 07.04.94 page 1.

>Oh, that is such BS I have to counterpost. As I read the article, Apple
>is shifting to IDE for its cheaper *portables*, not desktops. The PCI
>machines are *not* IDE machines, though I wouldn't be surprised if a
>properly designed PCI/IDE drive controller would work.

The Performa 630 series *does* use IDE internal hard drives, although
external SCSI is still supported in the mac's architecture.

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| Jeff A. Jensen | jaj@iastate.edu | One line .sig = Save the Bandwidth |

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