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From: royf@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Roy Frederick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Hard Disk hookup via parallel port...?
Summary: brooklyn bridge
Message-ID: <10811@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 3 Jan 90 03:21:22 GMT
References: <1676.259f524a@cc.helsinki.fi>
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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In article <1676.259f524a@cc.helsinki.fi>, stickler@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
> Does anyone know of a hard disk which can be hooked to a 
> non-hard disk laptop through the parallel (or serial) port.
> It need not be portable, as it will be used at home and not

If you have a desktop machine with a hard disk - all you need is a copy of
Brooklyn Bridge.  You add a device driver to your config.sys on your laptop
and connect the two machines with a special cable (supplied with BB).
When you execute bridge on the desktop machine, it becomes a slave to the
laptop.  The laptop can access the disk(s) and printer on the desktop
machine as if they were directly attached to the laptop.  Hit esc on the
desktop (machine) and the two are separated (the laptop will get a not ready
if it trys to access). BB will also work across the serial ports at
115K baud - about half as fast as the transfer rate on a 360K floppy drive.
This arrangement is very trouble free.

If you don't have a desktop machine, even if you find a disk like you want, 
buying a cheap XT with a hard disk and BB is probably less expensive.
XT's are mass produced - the disk you really want is not!

Roy Frederick (royf@attctc.UUCP)
Dallas County Data Services  (214) 653-6340
504 Records Bldg.
Dallas, TX 75202