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Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile

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Bruce Esquibel wrote:
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm@mendelson.com> wrote:
>
>> It seems to good to throw out, but not good enough for me to take.
>> However if I were able to put a SATA controller in it, even if it were 
>> not bootable, it may have more appeal. 
>
>
> Google "lipstick on a pig".

That's kind of what I figured. I recently bought a G4 mini, and after
applying lipstick (new PRAM battery, upgraded RAM, and a VGA adaptor
becuase it is not compatible with my LED monitor in DVI mode). I installed
Tiger on it to use it as a repository for all my "classic" software I archive.

Problem is it only has an 80 gig drive, and buying a proper IDE drive 
of bigger size is far more money than the mini, if it would work at all.

So I was thinking of taking this computer, with it's big case and hefty
powersupply and sticking a terabyte SATA drive (I have several elsewhere
waiting to be upgraded). 

But it is not worth it unless one those $10 eBay SATA controllers work.

Geoff.


-- 
Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379

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Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 10:49 +0000
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-16 09:23 -0500
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2014-02-16 14:47 +0000
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 17:14 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile billy@MIX.COM - 2014-02-16 18:05 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-16 20:21 +0100
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-16 11:08 -0800
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-16 14:29 -0500
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2014-02-16 20:54 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-02-16 23:50 -0800
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-16 20:10 +0100
    Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-16 20:39 +0000
      Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-16 16:01 -0500
        Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-17 04:39 +0000
          Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2014-02-17 10:13 +0100
            Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com> - 2014-02-17 10:04 +0000
  Re: Question from the too good to throw out pile "M. John Matlaw" <nouser@invalid.com> - 2014-02-17 10:25 -0500

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