Which imac? Which hard drive?

Have an old purple imac with dead hard drive. Have removed drive, and would like to replace drive, but cannot determine which model imac it is, since the drive is not working. It's at least a 350, because it's slot-load. This drive is a Quantum 30 GB AT Fireball Plus AS, which i do not think is the original. As it is only used for word-processing these days, don't need 30 gb, but don't know how to determine which drive would be ok.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Carolyn
imacs, ibooks, Performas, Quadras, Os X Server Mac OS X (10.2.x) OS 7.1 to 10.2

Your iMac can use any 3.5" IDE/ATA desktop drive. The iMac will recognize up to 127 GB of drive space.

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Check out the Mackie troubleshooting guide for one:
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