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- From: mathias@solomon.technet.sg (Mathias Koerber)
- Subject: Experiences with Pocket-Harddisks?
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 04:56:54 GMT
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- Does anyone have experiences with Pocket hard Disks, ie. the ones
- you plug into the parallel port? I am interested in the following:
-
- - Obviously you need a special driver. Can you install the driver and
- put it into config.sys, even if the disk is not plugged in? Or do I
- have to find a special reboot that can select between different
- config.sys files?
-
- - Do they work with DRDOS 6.0
-
- - More: Do they work with Superstore ?
-
- - Any problem running a printer through the HD (is rumored to be possible).
- Do the printers slow down a lot?
-
- - The one I have seen advertised today has batteries, does it switch off
- the motor when not in use? Even if using mains-power or only when on
- batteries?
-
-
- Just for your info, here are a few prices in Singapore $ asfrom todays
- Straits Times (I won't give shopnames, so its not advertising):
-
- ALL: 19 ms Average Seek Time,
- 400 KB/sec Data Transfer Rate
- 10 G Operating Shock
- 150 G Non-Operating Shock
- 4 H Battery Life (w/o Power Management)
- 350g weight
-
- 40 MB S$ 450,-
- 60 MB S$ 540,-
- 80 MB S$ 725,-
- 120 MB S$ 930,-
- 205 MB S$ 1160,-
-
- Batt Pack S$ 60,-
- Batt Charger S$ 40,-
- AC-DC Adaptor S$ 50,-
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- 40 MB
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- Mathias Koerber | Tel: +65 / 7780066 ext 29
- SW International Systems Pte Ltd | Fax: +65 / 7779401
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- The Maxwell, Singapore Science Park | email: mathias@solomon.technet.sg
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