Seagate STAE102

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Began condensing and moving files around last night and cleared a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB USB drive. Reformatted it Mac OS extended. Mounts on G5, MDD, Quicksilver… but when it comes to the old Blue & White G3, it will not mount if connected to rear USB port before (or after) boot. However after boot (talkin’ OS 9 here) if connected to aluminum Apple Cinema Display’s (connected to the G3) USB port, it does then mount.

Nice to have a Seagate STAE102 eSATA to Firewire conversion cable, but not for $30.00 from Israel. Anyone have one of these lying about, unused… for less? Not of major importance, yet it might be nice to have the faster Firewire transfer rates. Thanks!

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Thanks to TheGrandPubaa (& somebody out in Cali) I now have one of the STAE102’s
with a 9 pin (female) to 6 pin (male) converter plug attached which allows quick access
to “loose” SATA drives via FW400 and even ye olde 500GB Seagate (previously USB 2).

Damned handy and inexpensive.

[DieHard]

Yes... a nice inexpensive solution

For raw SATA Notebook or Desktop hard drives., and for those who love to spend massive $$$ like me...
the top of the food chain for quick transfers to old macs is:

Newer Tech Voyager Q HDD Dock For 2.5"/3.5" Sata Drive
    Compatible With 2.5" & 3.5" Sata Drives
    Includes Internal Chipset & Support For Up To 500mbps
    Compatible With Any Standard 2.5" Or 3.5" Sata Drive Up To 6.0tb
    Connects To Mac Or Pc Via USB 3.0, USB 2.0, Esata Or (2) Firewire 800

This is my "GoTo" Gold standard for Quick data recovery

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"Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?" - The Joker

"I may be cheap... but I am frugal." - Fury

Yup great to have such nice things, but for my down & dirty
quick access... on a shoestring budget... le workaround!

BTW, I bid up to $22.00 for that other "rare" item! No-go.