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From: mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael R. Volow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: hh hd's in a z-150
Message-ID: <3839@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 8-Sep-87 22:33:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3839
Posted: Tue Sep  8 22:33:07 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 16-Sep-87 01:47:23 EDT
References: <255@auscso.UUCP> <3838@ecsvax.UUCP>
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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Summary: Two floppies, was Z-150 hd

In article <3838@ecsvax.UUCP>, phco@ecsvax.UUCP (John Miller) writes:
> In article <255@auscso.UUCP> johnk@auscso.UUCP (John Knutson) writes:
> >Does anyone know if a half-height hard disk will mount inside a zenith
> >z-150's floppy drive housing (internal on floppy and "fixed" - some may
> >find THAT term objectionable too :-)?  
> 
> Yes.  I installed a 20M Seagate drive in my Z-150 with no difficulties.
> other, unsplit, power feed to the hard disk.  I don't know why anyone
> would need two floppy drives when there's a hard disk installed, though.

Even in a HD machine two floppies can be helpful in doing multiple 
diskcopies between floppies or can speed up HD backup (e.g. Fastback
using floppies A: and B:).
--Mike Volow, Psychiatry, Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center
  Durham, NC, 27712             919 383 3568
  mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP