slezakm@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Mark Slezak) (02/25/89)
Hello - I am looking for a hard disk, and while this seems to be a fairly normal task I have found a way to make it interesting... My computer is an IBM PS/2 Model 30 (ok, ok stop that giggling now) and it appears to have a SCSI hard disk controler on it. I have the two floppy model, yet somewhere I swear I read that the Model 30 has a SCSI hard disk controler on it. Questions: Am I correct? Is this 25 odd pin connector on the motherboard a SCSI controler? Who makes SCSI hard disks for the IBM in sizes under 100Megs? (An 80 would do nicely, but a 40 would fit my budget better...) Does the Model 30 have the system power to run an external SCSI drive or do I have to get an internal one? My desire for a SCSI drive is due to the fact I only have three slots (which are currently filled (VGA, Modem, Imaging Board,) and I'd hate to give one up for a drive controler...) Although if this is my only option, then out goes the interal modem. But if the odd pinned critter isn't a SCSI port does anyone know *WHAT* it is? Thank's Mark. {tektronix,hp-pcd}!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!slezakm -
loving@lanai.cs.ucla.edu (Mike Loving) (02/26/89)
The PS/2-30 does NOT have a hard drove controller on the motherboard. It has a connector for a hard drive and on 30' with hard drives, the controller is on the drive. The only way that I know of for you to put a hard drive in one is to buy a controller and a drive (one slot) or buy a special drive with the right kind of controller just like the one IBM used. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Loving loving@lanai.cs.ucla.edu . . . {hplabs,ucbvax,uunet}!cs.ucla.edu!loving -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sba8_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Scott Barnes) (02/26/89)
In article <21001@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> loving@cs.ucla.edu (Mike Loving) writes: >controller is on the drive. The only way that I know of for you to put >a hard drive in one is to buy a controller and a drive (one slot) or buy >a special drive with the right kind of controller just like the one IBM >used. > I have a stock '30 with the IBM hard drive. Is it possible to add a second hard drive within the computer chassis? If so, can anyone recommend manufacturers, model numbers, etc.? I can afford to lose a slot for the controller card. Please send replies via E-mail. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOTT BARNES INTERNET: sba8_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu University of Rochester BITNET : sba8_ltd@uordbv ------------------------------------------------------------------------------