Re: [NTLK] [OT] Mac Question: PowerBook Duo 2300c HD?

From: Edmund Blackadder (edmund_at_helmug.gr)
Date: Wed Jun 16 2004 - 20:23:01 PDT


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>
> Your Duo 2300c uses a 2.5" IDE hard drive. The only 1xx series laptop
> that it could get a drive transplant from is the 150, which has such a
> teeny stock drive that it probably isn't worth it. All other 1xx series
> laptops are SCSI.
>
> You can nab an inexpensive 1-4 Gig drive off eBay or the swaplist, I'd
> guess. For more info on your new friend, drop by low end mac and check
> out the specs:
>
>

I think that powerbooks up to PB5300 cannot accept relatively recent
hard disks because they do not support ATA-8.
You should better double check it.

Kostas

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