[rescue] IDE SSDs? I never knew...

[Mark Benson]

The cheapest and easiest way to put SSDs in an IDE  system, at least for systems with Ultra ATA (IDE & EIDE can be a bit patchy) is using a PATA to MSATA or PATA to m.2 SATA adapter. Typically these are 2.5" size. I've used them in a lot of Powerbooks, as well as G3 and G4 Power Macs via 2.5" to 3.5" adapters.

Unless you are out of other options it's a bit of a waste in a 486 though.


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Mark

> On 27 Jun 2024, at 17:37, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
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> 
> So I was watching a retro computing video and the 'host' mentioned deciding NOT to put an SSD in a 20 year-old 486 laptop, and it got me wondering... are there IDE SSDs?
> 
> Yes, there are - I never knew about them!
> 
> Apparently you can just go on eBay or Amazon and pickup a brand new IDE SSD, like this one:
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> KingSpec 32GB 2.5 inch PATA/IDE SSD, MLC Flash SM2236 Controller Internal Solid State Disk
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> https://a.co/d/07g9igRs
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> At a little over a $1/GB it's not *terribly*expensive... but I have to ask, has anyone used such a drive in, say, an old sun workstation 5 or 10?
> 
> I don't have any ide-based workstations, but boy if I did, I think I'd be trying this out.
> 
> 
> Ken
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