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From: frank@ut-emx.UUCP (Frank Abernathy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Replacement H/D for PS/2 M50
Summary: can't buy from seagate or western digital
Message-ID: <35911@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 14 Aug 90 13:21:51 GMT
References: <26031@bellcore.bellcore.com>
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Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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In article <26031@bellcore.bellcore.com>, wind@rruxi.bae.bellcore.com (Wind Chen) writes:
> WD-325N is Western Digital.

  NOT according to Western Digital ......(when I talked to them)

> I do NOT think you have to buy the same one from WD.  Seagate also make them.

  SEAGATE and WESTERN DIGITAL DO NOT make a drive that they will sell to you
  or ME for the ps2/50...  We used a SCSI Controller from FUTURE DOMAIN, 
  (714)-259-0400, the controller was an MCS-350 and the disk was a Seagate
  *****SCSI****** drive, I think the model we used was an ST138N.
  For approximately $600 we got a controller and drive combination that was
  faster and an extra 10mb over the ibm 20mb drive; as well as the ability
  to add SCSI tape and extra drives.

> Go out and shop around, $600 is too high.  Try some mail order too, if you need
> more help, send me a msg., I will get you some phone# to call.

  I really dislike the way IBM gets into perverted equipment, just to make
  a few more bucks.  The ps2/50 controller and drive combination REALLY is
  a dog.  Reminds me of an ST-506 5mb drive I used to have on a late 70s
  CP/M machine....  :^)

  later
  frank

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