kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz) (04/26/88)
I picked up a 7300 this weekend, one with .5 MB and a 10 MB
disk. Slow as sin, and no disk space, but it was cheap.
To make it usable, I want to replace the disk with something
bigger and faster. 30 or 40 MB feels right; no idea what
kind of speed I should look for.
Browsing thru the new copy of Byte, I see a Seagate ST251-1
which gives me 40 MB at 28 ms for $450-500 range. The numbers
are right, but I need to know if this is a decent drive (vague
recollections tell me Seagates are good to avoid). Comments?
Anybody have other suggestions for drives, prices, and where
might be a good place to buy the thing.
What about power supplies? The display seems to bounce a bit
when the disk is thrashing about. Is this a bad power supply
or just the standard weak one in a 7300? Will the bigger drive
require a bigger power supply? If yes, can I toss one from a
3B1 in, or are there better alternatives?
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