Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!zen!ucla-cs!khayo From: khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Making *own* SCSI Hard Drive Message-ID: <7141@shemp.UCLA.EDU> Date: Sun, 12-Jul-87 21:15:51 EDT Article-I.D.: shemp.7141 Posted: Sun Jul 12 21:15:51 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jul-87 05:08:36 EDT References: <380@umbc3.UMD.EDU> <3437@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> Sender: root@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU (Erazm J. Behr) Distribution: na Organization: UCLA Math Science Department Lines: 28 Keywords: SCSI hard drive homebuilt Summary: More info, please... In article <3437@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes: >See MacTutor, 2/87 and 6/87. One article contained a hardware >description, the second a SCSI formatter program. > Joel West, Palomar Software, Inc. (c/o UCSD) > {ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww or jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu I leafed through some non-Mac magazines, and indeed it looks like one can easily get a 40M Seagate sans controller for less than $450. This stirred considerable enthusiasm in me, but the local libaries somehow live without MacTutor and I don't know if ordering back issues from the magazine is worth the trouble. Before I do order, could someone kindly summarize what the articles said? Specifically, - what is your estimate of the controller's cost ($300? $50?) - I have no idea about how the thing works, so a very stupid question: would this "poor man's" controller significantly affect the disk's access time, if at all? - are there any serious drawbacks of this solution (compared with going the orthodox route) that the Mac/electronics wizards out there can see? As far as I know, many of us are quite adept at working with a soldering iron (I even have fun doing that), so the above may be of some interest to others too. I'll summarize mail replies (if any). Thank you very much, Eric Behr khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU