Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!hardy From: hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu (Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: 3rd party disk drive for HP720 ? Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 07:45:32 GMT References: <1991Jun8.211659.1137@idaho.uucp> Organization: University of California, Irvine, USA. Lines: 15 Nntp-Posting-Host: golem.ps.uci.edu In-reply-to: alex@opal.idbsu.edu's message of 8 Jun 91 22:26:47 GMT We had a 720 out for a 2-day evaluation and connected an external disk to it without any problems (I think it was a Wren, with disktab entries in the original distribution). This, and my experience with connecting a Maxtor disk to a 370, lead me to conclude that the the difficulty of connecting 3-rd party (including HP-disks sold by 3-rd parties) is a myth. It takes about 30 minutes if you don't wnat to squeeze the last MB out of the drive. But it is imporrtant to make sure that the seller will take the drive back if you don't succeed! Greetings, Hardy -------****------- Meinhard E. Mayer (Hardy); Department of Physics, University of California Irvine CA 92717; (714) 856 5543; hardy@golem.ps.uci.edu or MMAYER@UCI.BITNET