Re: [MAGNet] Peripheral HD for G4 Powerbook

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From: Chris Kumai (ckumai@socrates.berkeley.edu)
Date: Tue Dec 04 2001 - 14:19:33 PST

I remember reading somewhere that the Firewire bus on the powerbooks
was unpowered so you would need to use an external power source. I
could be wrong about this but it is worth checking out.

Chris

>Bond:
>
>Yes, a firewire drive is the best idea for adding storage space
>(short of replacing the internal drive, which is possible but
>probably something you'd want to have Hardware Support do for you).
>
>Since's it's a powerbook, you probably want to purchase a
>'bus-powered' hard drive such as the VST drives from Smart disk
>(http://www.smartdisk.com/Products/Storage%20Products/Hard%20Drives/FW
>HD.asp) or Apple's iPod (an external 5GB hard drive that just
>happens to include a very nice MP3 player :) ). "Bus-powered"
>drives can operated from the power supplied by the Firewire bus,
>which means they don't need a separate power adapter.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Ian
>
>At 1:22 PM -0800 12/4/01, Greg Merritt wrote:
>> I think you'll find that you'll want to use an external
>>Firewire drive. (There are also external USB drives, but these
>>will likely be a tad slow for your purposes.)
>>
>>Regards,
>>-Greg
>>
>>
>>At 1:07 PM -0800 12/4/01, E. Bond Francisco wrote:
>>>Folks,
>>>
>>>It's been a LONG time since I used a powerbook, but I have use of a G4
>>>powerbook, OSX. I think it has a 4 G drive. I'm working on an iMovie. I need
>>>more space. Any comments on what equipment I could use to add storage space.
>>>I have a number of CD's with audio and video clips that I'd like to download
>>>to the PB so I can manipulate them. I assume we'd be talking about an
>>>external drive of some kind, but I'm not sure what the latest technology is.
>>>Any clues greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Bond
>>>
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