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Post #1 by Gil
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateFri, 27 Mar 2009 - 02:20
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/drive-options-scsi-or-usb-1-1.16986/
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Please forgive my SCSI ignorance here. :)

It seems that I've maxed out the tiny 2 GB hard drive in my Power Mac 9500. I do have an external USB drive, that only works with 1.1 (OS 9), which transfers at .5 MB/s approx. Would I achieve faster transfers if I used a SCSI hard drive? I did some reading HERE and found that the internal/external SCSI bus can achieve upto 5 MB/s, and even as high as 10MB/s with Fast SCSI. However, 50-pin SCSI drives are harder to find, expensive, and don't come in very large capacities.

Bottom line, what's my best option here for 10-20 gigs of storage?

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