[rescue] Wide disk on Narrow bus, reprise

[Curious George]

Hi, Mark,

--- Mark <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 9 Feb 2008, at 17:42, Curious George wrote:
> 
> > For the LX, there just isn't enough room behind
> > the drive to squeeze in *any* sort of adapter.
> > You'd have to go to a laptop drive and/or modify
> > the mounting brackets.
> >
> > My approach *should* have been painless  :-/
> 
> Will the LX take 1.6" high disks? I suspect it won't
> but if it will  
> you can get SCSIDE adapters that sit under a 1" disk
> and convert it to  
> SCSI without adding much extra baggage to the form
> factor.

It will take a half height drive.  But, the disks
in the LX are mounted from the "lower edge".  I.e.,
putting a third-height drive in there gives you room
*above* the disk, not below.

Regardless, it is overkill for what I want to do.
I *should* be able to do this... :<


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