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From: root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Recommendations for large-capacity drive for Compaq 286 Portable
Message-ID: <154@conexch.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 15:38:12 EST
Article-I.D.: conexch.154
Posted: Thu Nov 12 15:38:12 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Nov-87 02:46:01 EST
References: <218@eagle_snax.UUCP>
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In article <218@eagle_snax.UUCP> geoff@eagle_snax.UUCP ( R.H. coast near the top) writes:
>[Posted for a friend without net access]
>
>Can anyone recomment a good (cheap) 70+MB hard disk for my
>Compaq 286 Portable (the original, not the Compaq Portable II).

Electronics Magizine (Oct. 15, '87 pp. 152) caries a half column 
announcement from Control Data Corp., (612) 853-3600, about their
new Swift line of 3.5" drives.  They are available in ST506, SCSI
and ESDI interface with storage capacitys of 55, 100, 150, and
200 megabytes.  Evaluation units will be available first quarter
of 1988.  Pricing in quanity is to be from $5 to $8 per megabyte.

>Presumably the gating items are the size (looks like a half-height in
>an almost full-height bay) and BIOS support.

You can burn an entry in the BIOS drive parameter table to
support nearly any drive.

Disclaimer:  I have no affiliation with CDC nor any other drive
	     manufacturer.


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