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From: ARRITT@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (What a waste it is to lose one's mind.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: XT/AT hard disk compatibility?
Message-ID: <20449@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 27 Dec 89 22:14:07 GMT
Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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I've got an old Leading Edge XT-clone with a dead hard disk, and am trying
to decide whether to bother replacing the disk.  Eventually, I will also
upgrade to a more modern system.

My question is, if I replace the disk, will it be useable with a 286, 
386SX, or "true" 386 system?  I know a new (16-bit) controller will be
needed, but what about the disk itself?

My hoped-for, least-cost course of action is:
    
    --- buy a new hard disk for the Leading Edge;
    --- eventually scrape together the $$$ to buy a new system but
        without a hard disk;
    --- cannibilize the (replacement) hard disk from the Leading Edge,
        install it and a 16-bit controller in the new system, then reformat
        the disk and live happily ever after.

Will this work?  Any other suggestions for someone trying to compute on
a VERY tight budget?

Thanks for whatever help you can give.
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Ray Arritt                     | 
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy |      THIS SPACE FOR RENT
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