Hi,
With the information kindly posted by coius in this thread I was also able to install the SanDisk SSD to my PowerBook G3 lombard, to replace the original ATA hard disk drive which was starting to fall apart. Here's a couple pictures of what I ended up with:
Luckily I had my Mac OS 9 CD at hand and the Hard Disk Toolkit installed on the backup disk so formatting the SSD was quite easy process.
If anyone of you are going to attemp the same upgrade, here's a couple links to where I bought the parts which you might find useful:
The SanDisk ZIF-SSD on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-1-8-CE-ZIF-PATA-16GB-SSD-HDD-Hard-Disk-Module-SDPA3AD-S-/251146722890?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160
The ATA-ZIF adapter on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HPKE50/ref=pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_SC_dp_1
And like coius also mentioned, you need the exactly right kind of ZIF cable for this to work, with the contact pins on opposide sides on each end. I recall the cable I got was Samsung compatible type.
I didn't experience any dramatic improvement in the boot times (takes around 60 seconds from startup sound to usable desktop on the full installation of Mac OS 9.1), but overall the system feels much faster while working with applications.
With the information kindly posted by coius in this thread I was also able to install the SanDisk SSD to my PowerBook G3 lombard, to replace the original ATA hard disk drive which was starting to fall apart. Here's a couple pictures of what I ended up with:
Luckily I had my Mac OS 9 CD at hand and the Hard Disk Toolkit installed on the backup disk so formatting the SSD was quite easy process.
If anyone of you are going to attemp the same upgrade, here's a couple links to where I bought the parts which you might find useful:
The SanDisk ZIF-SSD on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/SanDisk-1-8-CE-ZIF-PATA-16GB-SSD-HDD-Hard-Disk-Module-SDPA3AD-S-/251146722890?ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160
The ATA-ZIF adapter on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HPKE50/ref=pe_175190_21431760_3p_M3T1_SC_dp_1
And like coius also mentioned, you need the exactly right kind of ZIF cable for this to work, with the contact pins on opposide sides on each end. I recall the cable I got was Samsung compatible type.
I didn't experience any dramatic improvement in the boot times (takes around 60 seconds from startup sound to usable desktop on the full installation of Mac OS 9.1), but overall the system feels much faster while working with applications.