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.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------