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- Organization: University of Maine System
- Date: Tuesday, 1 Sep 1992 22:12:34 EDT
- From: Andrew T. Robinson <ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Message-ID: <92245.221234ANDY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware
- Subject: Wanted: hard disk, tape drive for PS/2 55SX
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- I have a PS/2 55SX (manufactured circa June 1989) with 4m onboard
- memory (2x2m SIMMs) and 16mb on 2 80286 2-8mb expansion options, 8514/a,
- 60mb ESDI HD, 1 3.5" 1.44mb floppy.
-
- I'd like to get a larger and faster disk drive (the 60mb is slow,
- with average seek in the 30s or 40s I suspect), and an external
- tape backup system which would hopefully either attach through
- a serial/parallel port or be able to share the disk controller.
- My backplane is fully populated (2 memory expansion cards and 1
- 8514/a) so I don't have any slots free.
-
- What are my options? Are there any vendors other than IBM which
- supply hard disks that can be used with the ESDI controller that
- comes with the 55SX?
-
- Please reply to me directly at ANDY@MAINE.EDU since I don't
- monitor this list regularly.
-
- Andy
-