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- From: dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Danny M Lee)
- Subject: Re: PS/2 60 hard disk information. Help!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.121528.28558@news.columbia.edu>
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- Organization: Columbia University
- References: <1992Aug19.070021.24824@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 12:15:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug19.070021.24824@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO) writes:
- >I have a System 60 with a dead hard disk. A replacement from IBM will
- >set me back for about A$3000. It is only a 40MB hard disk. The information
-
- No possible way can _ANY_ 40 Mb hard drive cost $3000. Is that 'A' for
- Australia (probably) or American? I think it uses an ST506 controller.
- You would probably wanna buy an IDE controller for the machine and get the
- much more common IDE hard drives that are out there.
-
- >or confirmation I need is, I was told it is an ESDI hard disk. Can I just
- >go out and buy an ESDI hard disk of popular makes and replace the dead
- >hard disk? (This will certainly be much cheaper than getting from IBM
- >direct.)
- >
- >Thank for any tips.
- >--
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>Wey Jing Ho Tel: 61-3-573-2567 E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au<
- >>Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA<
- >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- / Danny / dml7@navaho.cc.bellcore.com /
- / Lee / dml@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu /
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