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From: braun@drivax.UUCP (Karl T. Braun (kral))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: compaq plus upgrade
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Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 22:51:34 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 14 22:51:34 1987
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Hi.

I tried to post this a week or two ago, but I don't think it made it.  If
this is repitious, please forgive me.  Thanx.

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I have a standard compaq plus.  The internal 10 meg hard disk ceased to be 
sufficient about a year ago, and I've reached the point where I really want
to do something about it.  The two options I've considered are

a)	replace the internal 10 meg with an internal 20 meg.

	The questions I have about this concern the power supply.  I've already
	had to replace the original, and I understand that this is a fairly
	common problem on the compaq plus.  So I'm wondering if the current
	powersupply will be sufficient for a 20 (or 30, for that matter) meg
	disk, particularly one with decent access time.

b)	adding a secondary external disk, which can be disconnected and left
	behind when the compaq goes traveling.  

Anybody have any suggestions or comments?


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