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From: newbie@inmet.UUCP (Chris Newbold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Looking for more hard disk space...
Message-ID: <464@inmet.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 14:57:48 GMT
Reply-To: newbie@inmet.UUCP (Chris Newbold)
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Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.  Cambridge MA.
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I have an IBM PS/2 55sx with the 60mb hard disk, which is stuffed to
the gills (360K free, with 16MB of ZIP files inwhich much of my stuff is
archived...).  I need more space.  What options are there?  Since there is
no more room inside the machine, I either have to scap the current drive
or go for an external.

I believe that the current drive is ESDI, and I know it's a 3 1/2" job.
I haven't had much luck locating something larger that would fit, like
a 120mb 3 1/2" ESDI.  Does such a beast exist?  How much is it gonna
cost me?  Is it really ESDI?

My other thought was to go for an external thing.  This could have two
advantages: 1, it would let me use a 5 1/4" drive, which would appear to
be cheaper, and 2, I could get a SCSI interface so that I could also
move the drive over to my Compaq 386.  Can this be done, assuming that they
both have SCSI adapters?

Any suggestions would be appriciated.  e-mail preferable to posting, just
'cause of the mass of net traffic in these groups (your response might
get burried!).  Thanx again.


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   Intermetrics, Inc	|  	      "Don't mess with Mrs. Murphy!"         | 
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