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- From: Avi Lev <avil@sapiens.com>
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- Subject: Re: Want to install IDE HD to friend's 1200
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 10:47:50 +0200
- Organization: Sapiens Technologies
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- Mike Rogers wrote:
- >
- > A friend has asked me to install an IDE drive into her 1200. What drivers/
- > mounters/FAQs do I need. What kind of convertor cable. Looking for a good
- > http...
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- well, if it's a 3.5" drive then you can't install it in the machine, you need an external chasis
- like i have, i bought the Dataflyer XDS box and received an IDE cable with it and some software.
- you don't need any drivers cuz they're already inside the OS (ie ROM) all you need is a 40-pin IDE
- connector cable, get it from your local dealer perhaps and then there're some utils on one of the
- system disks you got with the machine that prepares the disk for operation, can't remember the name
- though, look it up in the manuals. Good luck.
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