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From: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Removable Hard disks
Keywords: hard disk removable info
Message-ID: <10990@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 89 20:48:37 GMT
References: <2648@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: jwbirdsa@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (James Webster Birdsall)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <2648@hydra.gatech.EDU> bb16@prism.gatech.EDU (BOSTATER,Scott) writes:
>I'm looking for information on removable hard disks for a 386 clone
>running DOS. I'm interested in both speed and reliability. 
>-- 
>Scott Bostater      GTRI/RAIL/RAD   (Ga. Tech)
>"My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from Him"  -Ps 62.1
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   Have you looked at Tandon? They make some sort of removable hard disk
packs. Don't know what the performance is like, but they claim the packs
are rated for impacts up to 1000G. Then again, I heard a rumor that the
president of the company (or some such) dropped one at a press
conference to demonstrate the impact resistance and it wouldn't work
afterward...

   Random bits from...       

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