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From: dd2x+@andrew.cmu.edu (David Eugene Dwiggins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Hard drive for 30-286?
Message-ID: <8a06WXS00VoTFWolBS@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 16 Mar 90 04:16:35 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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The model 30-286 hard drive is not a regular MFM or RLL drive.
Instead, the controller for the drive is located on the drive itself.
(Or at least part of it, I'm not really sure.  I am sure that it is
an IDE drive, I opened one today.)
It is an IDE drive, as I stated before.  I am uncertain whether it is the
AT or XT type of IDE drive (yes, there is a difference.)
Since there are only two drive bays on the 30/286, a hard card is probably
the best way to go.  An external enclosure will work, but you'll have to use
a slot anyway.  I would also imagine the external enclosure would be a
bit more expensive.
David Dwiggins (dd2x@andrew.cmu.edu)