More old Powerbooks — #12

Post #12 by martinws

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Tue, 13 Jan 2009 - 11:50
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/more-old-powerbooks.16152/

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… here's hoping someone will come out with a SCSI to compact flash adapter or something...

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Choose one of those. A mini IDE solid state disk or CF-IDE adapter combined with a 2,5" IDE-SCSI bridge should do well. 1,8" to 2,5" IDE adapters are also available. Even a CF-SCSI adapter in 2,5" hdd form factor is available at times.
2nd edit: now I tried that same CF PowerMonster to boot a Power Book 180 and it works great. Even the very old CF (32 MB) card I used in combination with the SCSI-CF bridge reads much faster than the 500 MB HDD (which usually lives inside my PB180).

That's really good and useful news, I'll have to start saving my pennies and get a couple of them. My Powerbook 100 needs a SCSI harddrive replacement as well.