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From: sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun Anu-guest)
Subject: Re: Emergency IBM help needed!!!!!
Message-ID: <90May27.172554edt.19032@me.utoronto.ca>
Organization: University of Toronto, Department of Mechanical Engineering
References: <7843@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <660@marvin.moncam.co.uk>
Date: 27 May 90 21:26:07 GMT

In article <660@marvin.moncam.co.uk> emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) writes:
>In article <7843@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>, komatsu@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (David Komatsu) writes:
>> 
>> I need to move a LARGE chunk of files from an IBM PC-AT to a IBM PS/2
>
>S/he seems to have missed the obvious..
>
>Remove AT hard disk drive.
>Fit it in PS/2 as drive 2.
>copy d:\foo.bar c:
>
>for LARGE chunks, there's no faster way..
>
>
>Dave E.

The above certainly "sounds" obvious, but can it be "done" obviously?
I am not talking about the physical size of a hard drive (you probably
don't want to fit the AT drive into a PS/2, close the cover, screw and
secure everything to do the copying and afterwards open up the machine
again to get the HD out 'cause that's stupid), what I mean is can you
grab an AT hard disk (any hard disk) and simply stick it into the 
PS/2 controller? As far as I remember, for a PS/2 Model 50z, the hard
drive plugs right into the ESDI controller card. There is no cable
or anything, not to mention a spare one for a second drive. I am not
sure if you can have more than one drive in some of the PS/2 models either.

If it can really be done, can you post/e-mail more details as to how
exactly one would do the thing you suggested?

Andy