Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!chaph.usc.edu!aludra.usc.edu From: cyamamot@aludra.usc.edu (Cliff Yamamoto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: What is a PS/2 30/286 hard disk? Summary: IBM is screwed up Message-ID: <11540@chaph.usc.edu> Date: 20 Aug 90 21:12:50 GMT References: Sender: news@chaph.usc.edu Distribution: comp Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 20 Nntp-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu In article nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) writes: >I just got off the phone from IBM's dealer support line. They said that the >PS/2 30/286 hard disk was a ST-506 drive. However, the salesman assured us >that it was an IDE drive. Who's lying? IBM of course! If you look at the hard disk, there isn't even a power connector on it. That's right! All the data AND POWER connections are made through that goof-ball 44 or whatever pin connector. Yep, it *looks* like an IDE drive, but DON'T go out and buy a generic IDE drive for it. The number of pins is not even like IDE. I went thru a lot of grief with my friend who owns one of these junky PS/2 30/286s. He desparately wants more disk space, but we can't find anyone who carries the correct drive. It seems the only combination we tried that worked was a Future Domain SCSI card and an external SCSI disk. We didn't try the "HardCard" from Plus Technologies but other so called 'hardcards' didn't work anyway. Ibm really locks you in when you buy from them. Cliff