In need of external SCSI enclosure...

From: Chris <mythtech_at_Mac.com>
Date: Wed Nov 14 22:31:01 2001

>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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