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From: pae@athena.mit.edu (Philip Earnhardt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Interfacing to the T1000SE 100-pin connector
Message-ID: <1990Oct3.201321.21455@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 3 Oct 90 20:13:21 GMT
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>Yes, it is possible.  There is a product sold by Systems Peripherals
>Consultants (800-345-0824) in CA which consists of an adapter card to
>be plugged to the 100-pin connector, a ribbon cable to go from the card
>to the hard disk, and a power supply for the hard disk.
The 800 number has been disconnected; WATS information has no listing
for Systems Peripherals Consultants. Could you please provide a current
address or phone number for the company?

>If all you need is just an ext. hard drive using the 100-pin connector,
>it is cheaper to buy an ext. hard drive than to buy any expansion chasis
>plus a hard card (assuming the expansion chasis works with hard card).
>(See the price below)
$595 for the Systems Peripherals 40MB drive is cheaper than the $300 plus
$450 for the Connect Computer and a 40MB hard card. There may be some
other factors. Plus is a successful company; their hard card products
have high reliability. Service and exchange should be widely available.
Both the slot and the hard card can be recycled.

I like to support small, innovative companies, but there may be risk.
Systems Peripherals Consultants' dropping of their WATS number is not
a good omen.

--phil
(onecom!wldrdg!pae)    I speak for myself.