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From: nef@mace.cc.purdue.edu (paulhicks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: HD in blue PC?
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Date: 15 Mar 91 23:13:56 GMT
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In article <5417@umbc3.UMBC.EDU> battle@umbc4.umbc.edu (Rick) writes:
>I hava an original blue PC with 2 360k floppys.  I want to
>remove one floppy and add a HD, ie. ST225.  will the bios support
>such a drive?  The date on the bios is 1982.  
>
>Can anybody shed some light on this?   Thanks.....

I can certainly try to shed some light on this.  About 8 years ago
this type of drive, well an Everex 20Meg drive, was installed in my
father's IBM PC at a local computer store (I took great delight in
watching it being installed, for I was an utter novice at the time).
It too had 2 360k full height drives and 256k memory.  Anyway, the point
is is that yes the PC should take the drive, providing you have a
hard drive contoller for it.  I would also recommend you buy a 1/2 height
blank face plate, costs about $2, to cover the hole left by the 
full height drive(assuming it is full height) for both aesthic and 
dust-free reasons.

Paul Hicks

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