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From: UD092096@NDSUVM1.BITNET (Barry Pederson)
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Subject: Re: Zenith EZ-1 Hard Disk Expansion
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Date: 15 Aug 90 19:17:47 GMT
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We're kind of in the same fix, we have 4 EZ-PC's (I think we're talking
about the same machine) with hard disks and one without.  We've been calling
around, and have heard two stories:

    1) You need a special drive that has the controller built in
       (I think they were talking about IDE drives)

    2) The motherboard of a dual-floppy machine is different from the
       one on a hard-drive machine.

Story #1 makes sense, and you can buy these drives for about $300.  I'm not
sure about story #2, but the guys who said this said you could have your
motherboard replaced and a hard disk installed for around $700.  We passed on
that deal since you could get a new machine for that much.

You can also get an expansion chassis called the WonUnder, that will let you
plug in some XT type cards, but the chassis is around $300 I think, and seemed
kind of kludgy.

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