Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!sharkey!nstar!rocco From: rocco@nstar.rn.com (Rocco Calderone) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith Subject: Re: 20 Meg drives in Z286LP Message-ID: Date: 29 Jan 91 15:47:22 GMT References: <665115708wkn12695@edmund.cs.andrews.edu> Sender: bbs@nstar.rn.com (BBS Account) Organization: NSTAR Public Access Site - Indiana's largest BBS! Lines: 50 easton@edmund.cs.andrews.edu (Jeff Easton) writes: > > In Article rocco@nstar.rn.com (Rocco Calderone) wr > >> > >> Hard disk drive type for the 20meg is # 6. > >> > > >Actually most of the 20Megers are drive type 2. The IDE conner drive they us > >in the 286LP is a type 6. The seagates ST225 ( by far the most common) is > >a type 2. The ols Tandon TM-262 is type 2. The old Miniscribe 8425 is a > >drive type 34. > > >Check your facts before you post! > > > Bzzt! Wrong answer! > > The original poster wanted to know what the drive type was for his > 20 Meg drive in his Z286LP. Now, unless somebody changed the chassis > when I wasnt looking, the Z286LP only accepts 3.5" drives. It would > be kinda tough to fit those 5.25" drives that you listed above into > this particular computer. > > So the original reply was correct. The Conner CP322 or CP3022 as > as used in the Z286LP uses drive type 6. > > > > Kent Phelps | Internet: kent@wasp.eng.ufl.edu > > > -- > Jeff Easton Zenith Data Systems > Systems Engineer OEM Engineering > easton@andrews.edu > Witty Quote: I break for Otters > > Kent, are you repeating what I said? -- internet: rocco@nstar.rn.com -or- rocco%nstar@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!rocco -or- ..!uunet!nstar!rocco NSTAR Public Access 219-289-0287 - 1190 newsgroups - 1500 megabytes - 7 lines