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Clipper HD
Never seen one of those, or heard about it...anyone of you is using one ?
is that an infra-red receiver on it?
i like it!
i saw on ebay earlier this year something like this….
It was a HDI 30, 2.5" external scsi hard drive, it had a right angle on it and plugged directly into and stood vertical from the back of the HDI port
Just like what you have here. IT WAS COOL!
I think it sold for 35 bucks.
I didn't want to bid much more then that.
but i am now wishing that i bought it.
It was a HDI 30, 2.5" external scsi hard drive, it had a right angle on it and plugged directly into and stood vertical from the back of the HDI port
Just like what you have here. IT WAS COOL!
I think it sold for 35 bucks.
I didn't want to bid much more then that.
but i am now wishing that i bought it.
It looks like one of those early "portable" LaCie drives that the advertised as being small enough to fit in a shirt pocket (they stretched the truth a tad). I've never seen the Clipper name though!
If you wear a pair of Jnco jeans you could pretty much fit any external hard drive in the back pockets, maybe even a portrait display...
I would have never guessed that was a Hard drive, thats teriffic! It's so little!
I would have never guessed that was a Hard drive, thats teriffic! It's so little!
I know someone with one. I borrowed it once so I could format a hard drive in a Thinkpad 850.
Seeing how the 2.5" SCSI drives are getting close to unobtanium they aren't really worth owning unless you shim in an SSD which then suddenly makes them extremely useful.
Seeing how the 2.5" SCSI drives are getting close to unobtanium they aren't really worth owning unless you shim in an SSD which then suddenly makes them extremely useful.
Wow I just bought one. Thanks for the link
I have one I bought on eBay a couple of years ago. Pretty neat, apart from the fact that I don't have any spare 2.5" SCSI drives.
That's because it is. Right through until the late 90's the Apple market was FLOODED with OEM crap that was nearly identical. There might be a different color plastic or there might be an extra badge but otherwise a lot of the time it was all the same hardware (HDD enclosures with Conner or Quantum drives or pretty much selling the Sony SMO-E501 in a different enclosure.
Sometimes I wonder how the hell the benchmarks were so different when they were in fact comparing identical hardware.
The Clipper one doesn't need any external power adapter
yes but i see the clipper has the power plug spot just like the one in the ebay ad,
maybe apple II needs the external power adaptor, and the mac provides enough.
maybe apple II needs the external power adaptor, and the mac provides enough.
Mine's a generic one and it needs a power adapter (5VDC) to run it.
Let me know how it works out Uniserver. Was thinking of getting one for my Plus before I have a go at the internal SCSI mod.
Nice! If my Duo MiniDock had a DB-25 connector on it I'd be really jealous, uni. 
Macs do not send power down the SCSI bus and the spec. does not support it. It needs an external power supply.
Do you think it is self-terminating, or it would need a terminator stuck to it? I wonder what the circular thing up in the corner of the Clipper drive is?
I have a spare Powerbook drive, so I bought one. Hopefully it will work with just the HD-20 init with my Plus. I'll let you all know how it goes.
I have a spare Powerbook drive, so I bought one. Hopefully it will work with just the HD-20 init with my Plus. I'll let you all know how it goes.
I wouldn't even bother with terminating the drive. When attached to a compact mac you have less than three inches of actual cable length between the controller and the drive.
Cool. I've heard some Mac's can be really picky about termination on external drives, didn't know if the Plus was one of them.
Bad news on the item I got from the auction listed above. Despite the 2.5" drive I have being known good, and only pulling 5v 0.5A, the included 5V 2A power supply will not power it. I'm not sure if it's the enclosure or the power supply. I'm rather disappointed. I did notice a solder bridge between two of the pins in the enclosure, but I'm not sure if that's intended or that is where the problem is coming from. I'll let you know how the seller handles it. 
man i just got mine.. i should test it and make sure it works.
Please let us know when you find out if yours works. I hope I'm the only one that got screwed so far.
I think the included power supply is bunk. It is outputting 5V, but only 300 mA, even though it says it is capable of 2A. Hopefully replacing that will help.
Hopefully Uni has had better luck with his.
Hopefully Uni has had better luck with his.
nope mind doesnt work either.
i plug in the power and the light goes out.
i tested it with my 2.5" to 3.5" scsi adaptor and the hd tests good,, this thing is trash.
i plug in the power and the light goes out.
i tested it with my 2.5" to 3.5" scsi adaptor and the hd tests good,, this thing is trash.
Crap!
Should have known. The power supplies are obviously not original to the device, they are way too modern. They obviously just paired the enclosures with cheap Chinese power supplies they got from somewhere.
Do you have any other power supplies you can test it with that output at least 1.5 A? I checked all of mine and I don't.
I also noticed on mine that several of the pins are tied together by solder bridges. I figured they are that way for a reason, to tie all the pins at once to ground, but I thought you would know better. There is really nothing to the PCB, so I just don't see how it can be bad. I figure it has to be the cheap ass power supply they included.
Should have known. The power supplies are obviously not original to the device, they are way too modern. They obviously just paired the enclosures with cheap Chinese power supplies they got from somewhere.
Do you have any other power supplies you can test it with that output at least 1.5 A? I checked all of mine and I don't.
I also noticed on mine that several of the pins are tied together by solder bridges. I figured they are that way for a reason, to tie all the pins at once to ground, but I thought you would know better. There is really nothing to the PCB, so I just don't see how it can be bad. I figure it has to be the cheap ass power supply they included.
yeah i could hack of the cord and supply it with 5v no problem, but i almost paid close to 40 bucks for this and it should work out of box, i'm sending it back.
if i picked it up used for 5 bucks or something like that you bet i would figure out a PSU.
if i picked it up used for 5 bucks or something like that you bet i would figure out a PSU.
I contacted the seller, and they said they'd check and send a new power supply. They said they check the enclosures, but not the power supplies, so that seems to be the likely source of failure.
i just dropped mine in the mail today.
usps first class 6 oz $2.32 back to cali.
over all i like it when things are under 13 OZ, first class is much cheaper then about anything.
and its about as fast as priority.
usps first class 6 oz $2.32 back to cali.
over all i like it when things are under 13 OZ, first class is much cheaper then about anything.
and its about as fast as priority.
I'm going to keep plugging away at it. I just don't think I'll find a better solution for my Plus.