SCSI drives are quite cheap though:
- Find a 50 pin SCSI hard drive on eBay. They're easily obtainable for the cost of going to McDonalds.
* If you want to find a newer and quieter hard drive, which is also quite easy then here is an example of what has the correct SCSI controller that will be compatible with falling back to scsi-1 mode needed for the 2000:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-D6107A-9-1G ... 1462905623* It is important to get the right hard drive. So if there are others you're interested in, tell me which one and I'll be able to verify if it is compatible with this setup.
* You will then need a SCSI80 to 50 pin adapter:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SCSI-SCA-80-PI ... 2994203500* with the adapter listed above, if you do not connect any pins to to it the 2000 will auto boot off SCSI ID 0 which is fine as it is the first device it searches for in the chain.
- Find a external SCSI case. Even easier if you can find an external SCSI cd-rom where you can take the cd-rom out to replace with the hard drive.
- Find the necessary SCSI cable to inteface the external SCSI case to a DB25 female on the back of your 2000.
* I suggest you spend $5 and find a SCSI termination connector just to have in case you have any possible incompatibility issues, although not likely if you follow what I'm writing here.
- Find a power plug. Most external SCSI enclosure will utilize the same generic cord that your MPC 2000 uses.
The total cost to obtain this is easily doable for the sub $50 usd amount. Do not bother paying anyone $150-250 USD when all they're doing is what I've illustrated above.
Peace