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From: zimmer@cod.NOSC.MIL (Thomas L. Zimmerman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Toshiba external hard drive?
Message-ID: <2858@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 22 Feb 91 16:25:40 GMT
References: <8625@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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From article <8625@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>, by jdpierc@PacBell.COM (Jerry D. Pierce):
> I'm thinking rather seriously of picking up a Toshiba T1000SE soon,
> and I was wondering if I can hook up an external hard disk to that
> external floppy port on the back...  Does Toshiba (or anyone else)
> make such a set-up??
>  
This is the second request for this in a week, so here's some details on
what looks to be at least one alternative. 

This is from an ad in the February issue of "Portable Office" for a
company called Liberty Systems. They claim to have both 52 and 105 meg
hard disks, 17ms access time, in self-contained enclosures of 2"x5"x7",
that weigh under 3lbs and with a 60G shock rating. They plug into the 
parallel port on the Toshiba and into a wall socket for power. Cost for
the 52M disk is $900, for the 105M disk is $1,200. 

I have not contacted these folks and have no experience with their
products, but this is one of the few adds I've seen with what looks
to be a workable solution for the T1000SE. The phone number to contact
Liberty Systems is (408) 983-1127. They are located in Santa Clara, CA.

Hope this helps,

Lee



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