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- Subject: re: ESDI drive for PS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180220.3220@nic.csu.net>
- From: Stephen Gibson
- Date: 16 Nov 92 18:02:19 PST
- References: <1992Nov13.135709.23808@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.>
- Organization: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA
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- In article <1992Nov13.135709.23808@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.> greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de (Thomas Greve) writes:
- >We just had a serious head crash with an ESDI drive of a somewhat
- >older PS/2. We'd like to replace the drive, as the machine is quite
- >well equipped (token ring, memory, '387 etc.). Now two questions:
- > o can i get an off-the-shelf drive, connect it and it works? Or am
- > i forced to get one of the overpriced IBM drives?
- > o where can i get an ESDI drive? The ads in the computer magazines
- > have IDE and SCSI drives, only...
- >Size is not a big deal, (50-100MB), but should be less than US$ 1000.
- >Or should i get a (MicroChannel-)SCSI controller + drive instead? Any
- >caveats with this combo?
- >
- >--
- > - Thomas
- >
- > greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de
- > unt145@dbnrhrz1
- >
- >
- >--
- > - Thomas
- >
- > greve@rs1.thch.uni-bonn.de
- > unt145@dbnrhrz1
-
- Contact MegaHaus in Houston, TX (USA). Phone # is:
- (713)333-1910
-
- I recently installled a 1.5GB SCSI drive in a Model 80. They also offer
- REPLACEMENT ESDI drives that work off of the existing IBM controller. I
- believe that you can find one there well within your price range.
-
-
- Stephen Gibson
- System Support Specialist
- Sonoma State Universtiy
- eMAIL: gibsonst@sonoma.edu
- Stephen.Gibson@sonoma.edu
-