SCSI Drives Availabilty for old Mix Plus

[AD Hislop]

Help!!

My old Glyph drves are going down. I only have one left and need to replace them with something else (SCSI, firewire 400?). Any suggestions?

System:

Mix Plus
G4 (Yikes model, one of the first G4's, cannot be upgraded to System 10x)
Dual SCSI card
System 9.2.2
Apogee AD front end

This system has been rock solid for me and works great.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Craig F]

I got some hits on Amazon for SCSI drives but good FW 400 drives with the Oxford 9xx chip sets work well and no SCSI voo-doo

[BobbyDazzler]

Ditch the SCSI IMO. Firewire all the way.

[John_Toolbox]

I would ditch the yikes and get a newer g4. The firewire on blue/white g3s and yikes g4s was very flaky from my experience.

The newer g4s also have 4 open pci slots instead of 3, giving you room to add a firewire or usb2 card if needed.

[AD Hislop]

Thank You,

I just got a newer G4 with but do not look forward to the install (PY and plugs with Floppies, system compatability etc.) But I have to at least attempt it. (Songwriter with minimal tech chops)

I appreciate your advice.

[John_Toolbox]

Which one did you end up getting?

If you got a mirror drive door model, you need to make sure it is a model with only FW400(the FW800 models can't boot os9). The FW400 mdds need a special version of OS9.2 called Os9 General... It's on the original install disks. That's really the only stumbling block I think you'll have.

There should not be anything quirky with the quicksilver or earlier compared to setting up the yikes(You obviously already have the correct usb floppy drive if you're using floppy auth plugins on a yikes, that's really the hardest thing to find).

[AD Hislop]

Thanks,

I thinkI will have to.

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