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From: dpf@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Hard drive advice
Message-ID: <1991Jun21.095313.775@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
Date: 21 Jun 91 08:53:13 GMT
Organization: Oxford University Computing Service
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	Can I ask advice about hard disk expansion? I have a clone 286 with
a 40 mb hard disk (MFM) partitioned under Dos 3.3. I need more space and am
contemplating getting an extra drive c.100 Mb. The cheapest drives advertised
are all IDE (mostly seagate in the mags, but I note all the earlier discussion)
and one possibility would be simply to replace my existing drive with a new
IDE. But I also have a CdRom drive attached, running off a NEC T128 SCSI
controller (8 bit thing). It might make more sense to attach a SCSI drive to
that: the CDRom drive is external but there are internal connections. But would
I run into problems with the drivers I would need, or conflicts with the CDRom?
(As you can see, I'm not very technically aware).
	Any advice, including specifics on drives etc welcome.
	Don Fowler (DPF@UK.AC.OX.VAX)