Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!image.soe.clarkson.edu!news From: nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware Subject: Re: What is a PS/2 30/286 hard disk? Message-ID: Date: 24 Aug 90 18:29:51 GMT References: <1990Aug23.163132.23004@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Sender: news@sun.soe.clarkson.edu Reply-To: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu (aka NELSON@CLUTX.BITNET) Distribution: comp Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam NY Lines: 29 In-reply-to: bank@lea.ncsu.edu's message of 23 Aug 90 16:31:32 GMT In article <1990Aug23.163132.23004@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> bank@lea.ncsu.edu (Dave The DM) writes: 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? The salesman. But then they do that a lot. Most of 'em, anyway. I would think IBM would know what's in their hardware. The only way for the salesman to be correct is if his company has done some mods to the PS/2. This is possible. Um, they were IBM salesman. And I found out more. According to Seagate, the disk drives are completely proprietary. They are manufactured in a different division of Seagate from all their other hard disks, they're loaded at a special loading dock that's reserved for IBM trucks, the contract itself is sealed, and the plans and specifications for the disks are locked in a cabinet and sealed in a safe. Even the mounting holes are non-standard. What a rip-off. -- --russ (nelson@clutx [.bitnet | .clarkson.edu]) Russ.Nelson@$315.268.6667 We won the cold war. The Russians spent trillions defending their stuff, then they found that they didn't have any stuff. Will we avoid the same trap?