bruce@dolqci.UUCP (Bruce Limber) (11/13/87)
Some dumb questions for you folks on the net. :-)
I have a Compaq portable to which I plan to add a hard disk.
(It already has upgraded ROM & power supply, 1.25M of RAM,
serial/parallel ports, and two floppies.)
I've been planning on a Plus HardCard 40.
The problem is this: I have only one open slot, intended for
the hard disk. If I put it there, however, I apparently have
no way to do backups except floppies. :-(
Might there be a way to replace my B drive with a hard disk
or backup system that won't require _two_ slots: one for
the disk, and one for the backup?
A recent discovery in a mailed advertisement: an Irwin
half-height tape backup to replace the B drive: it supposedly
plugs into the existing floppy controller and doesn't need
another slot. Will this work on the Compaq?
Or should I forget the whole thing and get a Bernoulli box?
(Can you boot from a Bernoulli box???)
Any advice would be most welcome.
Thanks in advance!
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Bruce Limber (NEW ADDRESS: uunet!vrdxhq!dolqci!bruce) (202) 535-0640
If we are not careful, we are liable to wind up where we are headed.
(Chinese proverb)