Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!wuarchive!rex!ames!ucsd!ogicse!usenet!mist.CS.ORST.EDU!lairdt From: lairdt@mist.CS.ORST.EDU (Tom Laird) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: External hard drive through parallel port Message-ID: <1991Mar24.230941.27261@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 24 Mar 91 23:09:41 GMT References: Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Computer Science Department, Oregon State Univ. Lines: 35 Nntp-Posting-Host: mist.cs.orst.edu I plan on getting such a device within the next month. I plan on getting a Trantor T338 Mini-SCSI host adapter and hooking it up to a 32meg 3.5" SCSI drive. The drive I'm not sure about, since the T338 will probably have a listing of which drives it will work with, but they say it comes with software for hard drives,optical drives, and CD-ROMs. This will be hooked up to my T1000. Here is some of the info from their spec. sheet which I had them fax to me: Trantor Systems Ltd. 5415 Randall Place Fremont, CA 94538-3151 (415)770-1400 (415)770-9910 fax Device allows simultanious use of printer while connected Up to seven SCSI devices are allowed 75kb/sec read transfer, 150kb/sec write transfer (depending on port design) supports MS-DOS 3.x & 4.x size= 4.25" 2.13" 0.7" (L,W,H) weight 2.5 oz. 500mw max. power consumption supports multiple partitions span multiple drives into a single volume of any size extended partitions (>32MB) under MS-DOS 3.3 or later Requirements-system must be 100% IBM BIOS compatible have a 100% IBM compatible hardware printer port design PLEASE NOTE! ============ This is not a word for word translation. There is more info on the sheet than I feel like typing in. Specific questions should be directed to Trantor or in email to me. Please keep in mind that I only have their data sheet and do not (as of yet) have their product.