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- From: dmk@doc.ic.ac.uk (Dileepa Munaweera Karundasa)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Hard Discs & ADFSBuffers
- Date: 5 Nov 1992 16:58:15 -0000
- Organization: Department of Computing, Imperial College, University of London, UK.
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- > How easy is it to fit an IDE drive.
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- I have an A5000 and did (just) manage to fit a 2nd drive to it. The unit was a
- 210M Quantum, and it was a very tight squeeze. I'm not entirely sure what acorns
- position on this matter is but I have not encountered any major problems.
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- Installing the actual drive unit is fairly simple, just screw it to the base of
- the A5000 through the holes provided, they do align as long as you put the front
- of the drive towards the front of the case. I would advise you figure out how you
- intend to route the cables before hand. All you really need are a power cable
- splitter and a ribbon cable able to take two IDE drives, and some fixing screws
- and washers for the drive.
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- Though it is not *very* difficult to fit the second HD it is not all that easy,
- some fairly forceful pushing and pulling is required.
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- Hope the above is useful.
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- Dileepa.
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- Disclaimer : If you are at all unsure do not attempt to fit a drive, you **can**
- damage a machine severely, for which I will not be responsible.
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