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- From: pauls@css.itd.umich.edu (Paul Southworth)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: Bernoulli and memory...
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 06:24:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.164856.1@ualr.edu> djlewis@ualr.edu writes:
- >In article <92321.183419JD2859A@auvm.american.edu>, Jeff Dubin <JD2859A@auvm.american.edu> writes:
- >> I've got a gateway2000 w/ 120meg HD which is 110% filled...
- >> Would a bernoulli box be a good purchase? And moer importantly, does the
- >> computer see it as just another drive or does one need TSRs and the like?
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- You need a little TSR to recognize the drive as removable. It also handles
- operation of the drive through the serial port if you get that interface
- kit (which makes it truly portable, but slower and not usable as a boot
- device).
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- >I like but can't afford (as yet) the new bernoulli drive. It is an internal
- >and it is SCSI. I believe there will be a tsr. The good view point is that
- >for a backup you can use a compress mode and backup up to 180 meg I believe.
- >When it is'nt backing up, unplug the cart plugin another and you have a spare
- >90 meg 19ms harddrive. There can be a real advantage to such an expensive
- >removeable harddrive (cartridge). The worst drawback I know of is the $90.00
- >apiece carts. Hey, it comes with one.
-
- It's worth mentioning that you can probably easily get another hard drive
- to hang off that controller that the 120Mb drive is on (IDE?) that will
- cost the same as the Bernoulli and easily give you 400-500Mb. If you really
- have a need for portable media, then the Bernoulli is a good solution, but
- otherwise you should just get another hard drive, esp. if you want to avoid
- putting two controllers in your machine, which can end up being a major
- hassle.
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