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From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommendations for purchase of hard drive required
Keywords: hard drive purchase help
Message-ID: <4099@sixhub.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jun 91 00:03:56 GMT
References: <738@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl>
Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen)
Distribution: comp
Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY
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In article <738@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl> derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) writes:

| I currently have a 40MB Seagate HD. I'm squeezed for space, and have an
| external 10MB SCSI-based servo-written Konica 5.25" floppy DD for over-
| flow. I've got 5 of these 10MB disks. That's 90MB or there abouts.

| At some point I might want to run a BBS.
| 
| Since the computer is currently FULL, I cann't add anything, I shall
| have to exchange my 40MB HD and buy a new HD (and presumably a new
| controller board). Hanging on the current one are a 5.25" HDD, and a
| 3.5" HDD.

  You *may* be able to use an external SCSI drive, since most
controllers allow you to use either four or seven drives on the
controller, and they're daisy chained.

  If so, check IME in _PC Week_ or _Info World_ for source.
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