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[supernova777]

seeing that mac os 8 was released: july 1997 and final update may 1999...
whats the average size of a hard drive for this computer from this time period?

well i found this article:
http://redhill.net.au/d/d-97.html
which claims that the range in 1997 was: 3.2GB to 28GB and lists example drives

http://redhill.net.au/d/d-98.html
but for 1998 it says: 2.1GB to 19.3GB

but i think this site is somehow not correct and is some computer generated spam site crap and that this info is wrong

checking the pc magazines pdfs on google books i see
***all the sizes are in MB not GB*** as of july 1997
http://books.google.ca/books?id=HOYtntaY99UC&pg=PA6&source=gbs_toc&cad=2#v=onepage&q=gb&f=false

ok i see 2gb + 4gb drives listed in the attached pic

so it would seem i would be ok to use a compact flash with ide adapter
in combination with a 16-32gb compact flash card

would 8gb be too small?

i also read that these drives were only ATA-33 capable
and that ATA-66 didnt come into effect until 1999
which makes sense why the b&W g3 has only ata-33

i have ordered some compact flash to ide
as well some SD card to IDE adapter..
i will be benchmarking with quickbench!!!

[supernova777]

heres a list of the drive sizes offered in an ad in may of 1999 when mac os  8.6 was released
easy to see the average was between 10gb-20gb at this time

using these magazines is a great way to look back in time for questions regarding popular hardware
http://books.google.ca/books/about/PC_Mag.html?id=w_OhaFDePS4C&redir_esc=y

perhaps there is another mag archived in the same manner for macs? but im no aware of the title to look for

sorry if i covered this subject before but its easy to forget!!!!