Hello :
Can the Powerbook's SATA controller manage two drives?
Could the Combo drive be replaced by a HDD?
Thanks HDWM
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This doesn't exist. Its PATA Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6), not SATA. But to answer the question with PATA, yes, it could handle 2 drives, and yes, you could remove the combo drive and probably fit another 2.5" hdd in there -- with room to spare.
Via a thread the other day here is a link to http://www.mcetech.com where they offer an adapter to put a HD in place of the optical drive on PowerBooks. IT's called the OptiBay Hard Drive.
They have this to say about 12" G4s: