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From: lance@helios.ucsc.edu (Lance Bresee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Dumpster diving pays off (sorta)
Message-ID: <10843@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Date: 22 Feb 90 17:47:47 GMT
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In article <6550@cps3xx.UUCP> draper@cpsin1.UUCP (Patrick J Draper) writes:
>In article <19768@nuchat.UUCP> seven@nuchat.UUCP (David Paulsen) writes:
>>My question: what exactly do I have to do to this beast to install a
>>harddrive?  Installing the drive in my AT clone was easy.. I don't
>>have any documentation for this sucker, and don't even know where
>>to begin. 
>>This is an oooold computer, a model 5151 according to the nameplate on
>I don't believe you can do too much in the way of a hard disk, at least
>not a full or half height drive. There may be a possibility that you can
>upgrade the bios. I'm not familiar with hard cards, but my impression is
>that they need to be supported by the bios the same as regular hard
>disks.
>According to <begin underline>The Winn Rosch Hardware Bible<end
>underline> (how do you underline anyway?) the original IBM PC introduced
>in 1981 cannot handle advanced video adaptors (presumeably EGA) or hard
>disks.
>  
I am not sure about the date or model number,
but I recently installed a 10mb true blue hard
disk into an original IBM PC.  Just plugged in
the card and the drive and it booted to the
hard disk right away.

Give it a try.  If you have troubles,
drop me a line.  I have a couple of
IBM PC technical manuals here, and will
be happy to do some research for you.

I tried mailing to you, but ucscc does not
know nuchat.

You should be able to pick up a hard disk
for experimentation pretty cheap.  I have gotten
two IBM full hight 10 meggers, one for $25 and
one for $50.

If you dont have any success and want to slime the beast,
drop me a line...I can always use it as a controller.
Will make an offer.

lance
lance%helios.ucsc.edu@ucscc.ucsc.edu
.