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From: troj@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Kevin Trojanowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: RE: Hard drives for PS/2 MOdel 50's?
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Date: 12 Sep 89 05:26:25 GMT
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> From: bob@io.UUCP (Bob Treitman)
> Subject: Hard drives for PS/2 Model 50's?
> Message-ID: <1253@io.UUCP>
> Date: 11 Sep 89 13:57:49 GMT
>
> I'm looking for recommendations for internal or external
> hard drives for an IBM Model 50 that currently has a 30MB
> disk.  I know that I can get a 60MB disk from IBM, but I
> have to remove the 30MB to do this, as there's only room
> for 1 disk internal.  Merely doubling the capacity is not
> an attractive proposition; especially considering that I'll
> be putting the 30MB disk on the shelf.  
>
> Does anyone have any experience with third-party internal
> Model50 drives in the 100+MB range?  What about external
> drives for Model 50's?  If you have prices, I'd appreciate
> your including them.  THANKS!

Having one of the original 50s with only a 20-meg, I've been 
engaged in much the same search.  The best I've found thus far (after
extensive scouring of Computer Shopper) is a 65-meg 3rd party drive
for $999.

What I'd like to find is a card to replace the existing controller,
but leave the internal drive where it is, and run a cable out the
back of the computer where a second drive can be attached.  Unfortunately,
this scheme violates IBMs idea of no cables snaking around the innerds of
the PS/2s.

I've also yet to find any hard drive controllers for the PS/2s, including
those which would just allow connection of external drive(s).

-Kevin Trojanowski
 troj@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu
 trojpg@uiamvs.bitnet
 trojanowski@iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu