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  2. Path: sparky!uunet!ogicse!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!isucard.card.iastate.edu!MLONG
  3. From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
  4. Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
  5. Subject: Re: PS/2 60 hard disk information. Help!
  6. Message-ID: <16848ED44.MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu>
  7. Date: 19 Aug 92 22:52:17 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: isucard.16848ED44.MLONG
  9. References: <1992Aug19.070021.24824@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
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  14. In article <1992Aug19.070021.24824@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>                      
  15. sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Wey Jing HO) writes:                            
  16.                                                                                 
  17. >I have a System 60 with a dead hard disk. A replacement from IBM will          
  18. >set me back for about A$3000. It is only a 40MB hard disk. The information     
  19. >or confirmation I need is, I was told it is an ESDI hard disk. Can I just      
  20. >go out and buy an ESDI hard disk of popular makes and replace the dead         
  21. >hard disk? (This will certainly be much cheaper than getting from IBM          
  22. >direct.)                                                                       
  23. >                                                                               
  24. >Thank for any tips.                                                            
  25. >--                                                                             
  26. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  27. >>Wey Jing Ho    Tel: 61-3-573-2567   E-mail : sci240s@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au<  
  28. >>Physics Dept., Monash University ( Caulfield Campus ), Melbourne, AUSTRALIA<  
  29. >^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
  30. >                                                                               
  31. The fixed disk in a 60-041 is a ST-506 drive, not an ESDI drive.                
  32. Mike Long                                                                       
  33. Iowa State University                                                           
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