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From: cjeff@silver.lcs.mit.edu (Carl J.M. Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Dead HD20
Message-ID: <1991Jun28.162714.22145@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 28 Jun 91 16:27:14 GMT
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In article <91176.175012SB06@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK> SB06@LIVERPOOL.AC.UK writes:
>I have just read the last rites to a 1987 vintage HD20 SC disk drive.....
>So, question: Could I take a modern, 110Mb drive + controller and plug it in
>where the old used to be. This might be a cheaper option than buying a new
>external disk, but I just don't have the knowledge to take the risk!
>.....
>Rob Beynon, Biochemistry Dept, University of Liverpool, UK

Is Computer Shopper magazine sold in the UK?  (It's an 800 page, nearly
tabloid-sized monthly monstor:  if you've seen one, you know it.)  
There's an article on p 676 of the June '91 issue on how to recycle
HD 20 SC cases by installing new mechanisms....
 
--Carl Alexander                  |           BCS*Mac 
News Editor, The Active Window    |  The Boston Computer Society 
cjeff@silver.lcs.mit.edu          |     Macintosh Users Group