The purpose of SCSI hard drives are to exchange information between separate computers. Whereas, EIDE hard drives addresses a computers interface between its individual hard drive and its storage disks.
Of the following: ide,fdd,scsi,eide the "FDD" stands for "floppy disk drive", and is not a hard drive.
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CPU: 386 or 486/25MHzRAM: Workstation 12MB, Server 16MBCD-ROM, 1.44MB or 1.2MB Floppy Drive or active Network ConnectionGraphics System: VGA-Level Video SupportIDE, EIDE, SCSI or ESDI hard driveFree Hard Drive Space: 90MB
The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive.
For any Mac since hte original iMac: 1. A SCSI hard drive. 2. A PCI SCSI controller 3. An available PCI port SCSI controllers from Adaptec should have Mac OS binaries available. For any Mac prior to the original iMac: 1. A SCSI hard drive. 2. If using a non-Apple drive, a third-party formatting utility, or a patched Apple one.
Yes.
sata (newer) or EIDE (older)
There are many different companies that produce EIDE hard drives. Wherever computer accessories are sold, there should be an area for hard drives that will likely carry EIDE ones. Check out BestBuy or Staples for assistance.
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Parallel ATA (sometimes called PATA) is synonymous with IDE or EIDE (Integrated Drive Electronics or Enhance Integrated Drive Electronics). IDE was the first technology to include the controller and hard drive in the same housing; previously with SCSI, MFM and RLL drives, the drive and the controller were separate.
Typically EIDE cables connect to IDE Hard-drives and optical drives such as CD and DVD Drives. The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive. Normally most motherboards have two idea buses. You can have to drives per cable. So a total of 4 drives.
Most of hard drive have jumper settings. While jumper configuration is not required for SATA, it's necessary for EIDE, SCSI etc. Jumpers can be found next to to the power and data ports on the hard drive. Most manufactures will print next to each 2 contacts the configuration supported (Slace, Master etc). Please refer to "Sources and related links" below to find more information.