14 Nov
2001
14 Nov
'01
10:31 p.m.
Anyone out there have a HD50, 4 bay external SCSI
enclosure they are
willing to part with (trade/money/etc.)? I've noticed that I've accumulated
a small pile of old IDC50 1gig SCSI drives and I have decided to actually
use them instead of allow them to keep my computer room door propped open.
I've verified that they work, etc, but my little case cannot fit more than
2 drives (yes, a sucky mid-tower) and logically, an external would suit my
needs. Finding them on ebay is like looking to pay porshe prices for a
yugo. I last saw one (actually a 2 bay HD50) go for about $130 US, USED
without power supply! Is there anyone out there willing to help spare my
sanity for my SCSI obscession? Maybe it will give me room to play with my
2X SCSI CD-ROM drive and 250Meg Tape Drive...
I "built" one of these a while back. I bought a cable from MCM
Electronics (Cent on each end, and 4 IDC in the middle). I think the
cable was about $40. I then stuck my drives (a CD burner and an HD, with
2 spaces to spare), into a spare PC computer case (I paid $20 on the case
with a 250 watt PS included). The case gave me access to 4 5.25 1/2
height bays, and 2 3.5 bays (all bays are external, no additional
internal, however, since there was no logic board, I could mount things
on their side using that space if I had wanted to). For heat venting, I
placed an extra case fan (I used one of those slot mount ones since I had
it on hand). I also scrounged up some old slot plates that fit the
centronics connectors on the back (don't remember where I got them, but I
had them from something... I think you can buy them for a buck or two).
It worked very well for about a year, then I needed the case for a PC,
and I had upgraded my internal HD so I no longer needed the extra SCSI
drive. Now the CD burner sits on top of an old external Jasmine HD case
so I can use the PS and IDC to Cent cable from it (since the Jasmine
drive is LONG since dead anyway).
-chris
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