furlong@tdoc9.mdcbbs.com MDC-SI BBS Gateway) (Carey M. Furlong) (03/14/90)
Forgive me if this has been brought up here recently. Has anyone
had any experience with Hard Drives on a card, one that you plug
into an unused slot? Specifically, what are the limitations of such
a device? How would it differ from a "real" hard disk. Having had
no luck installing either a Seagate or a Connors drive on my AT
compatible, I was wondering about taking this route.
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uunet!tdocm.mdcbbs.com!furlong; furlong@tdocm.mdcbbs.comhd7x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (03/16/90)
In article <461.25fdf77f@tdoc9.mdcbbs.com>, furlong@tdoc9.mdcbbs.com MDC-SI BBS Gateway) (Carey M. Furlong) writes: > Forgive me if this has been brought up here recently. Has anyone > had any experience with Hard Drives on a card, one that you plug > into an unused slot? Specifically, what are the limitations of such > a device? How would it differ from a "real" hard disk. Having had > no luck installing either a Seagate or a Connors drive on my AT > compatible, I was wondering about taking this route. Well, I've used a Plus HardCard 40. It used to be that Hardcards did not have the speed or capacity of regular hard disks. That seems to have changed now, with Plus coming out with the HardCard ][ 80 MB drive that claims to have an access time of 19 ms (I haven't used the HardCard ][; I don't know if it's really this fast). Still, it's certainly faster than the 40 ms access times they were giving a couple of years ago. The advantages of a HardCard are ease of installation and low power consumption. The disadvantages are the high cost compared to regular drives of similar capabilities. -Sanjay Aiyagari (HD7X@vax5.cit.cornell.edu)