Finding inexpensive used SCSI drives was: Apple II IDE interface

OUCH!! the price!? If you choose your sources well, you can get straight and straight used SCSI drives for handful of dirt. Even Cheaper if bought up the system that has choice of SCSI hd in it and rip it apart for parts and use that HD on other machines of your interest. But, that SCSI to IDE is very NICE idea at HD end especially when upgrading that decent machines as well as on oldie machines using SCSI and IDE drives laying around especially if your machine needs 10 GB or more while new SCSI drives cost is sky-high. Right now my ears is coming out used scsi drives I recently aquired. It was good timings and prices were RIGHT plus my budget is tiny. All of it is given over to staying fed myself and pay part of rent w/ my parents. To give you all of that samples: IBM, seagate 540MB $1ea from ASIS box. Barracuda 2.1GB $1 from same box. Runs hot as h*ll but sluggish due to very low density 210MB per platter x 10. Picked up pair of clean (very little dust) but used pull locally today, seagate ST41600N Elite 1 for 30 CDN. But that wattage rating on it YIKES! Traded some stuff to get quantum fireball ST 3.2GB and Micropolis 2.1GB. Bought up few Mac machines for dirt all has HDs of all sizes ranging from 160MB sleepy, wimpy ones, pair of prodrive 240 (excellent), one of that pair came out of a LC III for $5 from goodwill complete box has 4MB 72pin simm as well. From that source, I also found a unenhanced Mac II w/ original 1987 Q250 that old dog still working for $5. More to go on I say for now that's enough of a start for your ideas to score on cheap sources for scsi drives as well as assorted parts. Many drives I got are in canada some from USA, came through cheaper than paying for *one* SCSI to IDE adapter based on exhange rate! And really saves on shipping if you can find them locally especially on HDs honking big bricks of metal is heavy except for 1" scsi drives is inexpensive to ship while big ones are not. Few times I shipped broken ones for RMA process on 1" x 3.5" drives NY to Calif for 3 to 5 dollars USPS when I was in USA attending NTID at Rochester college. Cheers, Wizard w/ SCSI out numbered IDE drives I own.