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From: kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz)
Newsgroups: unix-pc.general,comp.sys.att
Subject: Bigger disk for a 7300
Message-ID: <253@ditka.UUCP>
Date: 25 Apr 88 20:54:47 GMT
Reply-To: kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz)
Organization: Pittsburgh Fish Hackery, Pittburgh, PA
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I picked up a 7300 this weekend, one with .5 MB and a 10 MB
disk.  Slow as sin, and no disk space, but it was cheap.

To make it usable, I want to replace the disk with something
bigger and faster.  30 or 40 MB feels right; no idea what
kind of speed I should look for.

Browsing thru the new copy of Byte, I see a Seagate ST251-1
which gives me 40 MB at 28 ms for $450-500 range.  The numbers
are right, but I need to know if this is a decent drive (vague
recollections tell me Seagates are good to avoid).  Comments?
Anybody have other suggestions for drives, prices, and where
might be a good place to buy the thing.

What about power supplies?  The display seems to bounce a bit
when the disk is thrashing about.  Is this a bad power supply
or just the standard weak one in a 7300?  Will the bigger drive
require a bigger power supply?  If yes, can I toss one from a
3B1 in, or are there better alternatives?

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