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From: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu (Dick O'Connor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Conner CP342 replacement for AST Workstation
Keywords: Conner, CP342, CP3044, AST Workstation
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Date: 1 Jun 90 15:39:10 GMT
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We have a few small AST Workstation machines, and the Conner Peripherals
CP342 40 MB hard drive in one just failed.  I called Conner  (CTFM...Call
The Friendly Manufacturer :) and was told that the appropriate replacement
was a CP-3044, which is the same size but faster (1:1 interleave rather
than 3:1) and smaller (1 inch high, not 1.5 inches high) in the same 3.5 inch
form factor.

Fine and dandy...even the price is OK (from $320-$350 around here), except
that this drive model is "on allocation", meaning I may not see one for six
weeks.  Only so many are shipped up to the Northwest I guess; don't we get
a special break with Gates and all up here :)  :) ?

Question: are there other, more available drives, that can be used to
replace this one?  It's a special kind of drive with an imbedded AT
controller (not IDE, not SCSI, not externally controlled), and I've never
seen anything quite like it.  Is there a plug-compatible replacement?

Thanks for any help!!   

"Moby" Dick O'Connor                          ** The only difference between
Washington Department of Fisheries            ** a lazy man on a riverbank
Olympia, Washington  98504                    ** and a fisherman is a pole
Internet Mail: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu ** and a length of string.
"Moby" Dick O'Connor                          ** The only difference between
Washington Department of Fisheries            ** a lazy man on a riverbank
Olympia, Washington  98504                    ** and a fisherman is a pole
Internet Mail: djo7613@hardy.u.washington.edu ** and a length of string.