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From: km@emory.UUCP (Ken Mandelberg)
Newsgroups: net.micro.att
Subject: Bigger 3B2 disks
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Date: Sun, 19-Jan-86 17:24:31 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 19 17:24:31 1986
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Organization: Math & Computer Science, Emory University, Atlanta
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I have been looking for an inexpensive way to add more disk capacity to
a 3B2/300. One idea is to just substitute a higher capacity ST506/412
for the 30 Meg CDC Wren that comes with it. For example, Maxtor,
Micropolis, and Priam sell disks in the 140-190 Meg range all of which
are cheaper than buying a 72 Meg expansion module.

Has anyone tried this?

The only third party 3B2 disk seller I know of (Absolute Computer
Systems) only deals with the smaller 72 Meg drives, which seemed high
in price even compared with quantity 1 prices for a 140 Meg Maxtor.

I am also wondering about good ways to do backups. The 23 Meg cartridge
tapes that AT&T sells seem a little small when compared with some
of the larger winchesters above.

-- 
Ken Mandelberg
Emory University
Dept of Math and CS
Atlanta, Ga 30322

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