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- From: leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson)
- Subject: Re: Hard Drives and Tandy
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.030423.26263@qiclab.scn.rain.com>
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- Organization: SCN Research/Qic Laboratories of Tigard, Oregon.
- References: <320@weyrich.UUCP> <-31002@nemesis> <1992Sep1.234047.5198@unlinfo.unl.edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 03:04:23 GMT
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- jam@cse.unl.edu (James Macfarlane) writes:
-
- >I have a 1000 TL/2 and would like to put a larger volume (ie 80M) HD
- >in it...is it possible, and if so how? Tandy hasn't been able to
- >help me there, but they are probably looking as much at just their
- >products as anything else.
-
- The TL/2 is an *XT*. And the drives available for the built-in
- controller are *XT* IDE drives. They aren't compatible with *AT*
- type IDE drives. The XT variety only comes in 20 and 40 meg models.
- (Though there were rumors that Connor would have an 80 meg model out
- around now).
-
- *If* the on-board controller can be disabled (I'm not certain, the
- docs for my TL/3 seem to imply that it isn't), then you could try
- a different XT type controller (SCSI, MFM, or RLL). You *might* be able
- to get a SCSI controller that'll work in your system And that's
- probably your best bet for finding an 80 meg drive.
-
- One question, have you considered the *size* of the drive. It's
- going to have to be 1/2 height.
- --
- Leonard Erickson leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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