Paul_Morrison@mindlink.bc.ca (Paul Morrison) (05/01/91)
The local Radio Shack store says that my 1000-hx would not support a hard drive but the local repair shop says they could install one. Can this be done? What are the risks?
jackw@nstar.rn.com (Jack Wiggins) (05/04/91)
Paul_Morrison@mindlink.bc.ca (Paul Morrison) writes: > The local Radio Shack store says that my 1000-hx would not > support a hard drive but the local repair shop says they > could install one. Can this be done? What are the risks? I have seen it done one time here. Aparently, the main problem is that the HX expansion connectors are a wierd settup of pins that need to have an adaptor handmade to fit the controler card edge connector. If I remember right, the machine in question later came back with a burned up power supply so who can tell? -- Jack Wiggins NSTAR conferencing site 219-289-0287/317-251-7391 internet: jackw@nstar.rn.com 1300 newsgroups - 8 inbound lines uucp: ..!uunet!nstar.rn.com!jackw 99 file areas - 4300 megabytes --- backbone news & mail feeds available - contact larry@nstar.rn.com ---
U51773@uicvm.uic.edu (tom mckibben 2) (05/04/91)
In article <cTqe21w161w@nstar.rn.com>, jackw@nstar.rn.com (Jack Wiggins) says: > >Paul_Morrison@mindlink.bc.ca (Paul Morrison) writes: > >> The local Radio Shack store says that my 1000-hx would not >> support a hard drive but the local repair shop says they >> could install one. Can this be done? What are the risks? > Yes it can indeed be done. The best place to get information on techniques and suppliers is the Tandy support magazine PCM. Here are a couple of companies have hard drives for the hx: DCS Industries 5265 Hebbardsville Rd. Athens Ohio 45701 Computer Peripherals Direct 605 9th St. Pritchard Penthouse Huntington West Virginia 25701 There are a number of others so find a copy of the magazine for more details. Good Luck! thomas mckibben 2 | 1. One thing at a time. university of illinois at chicago | 2. First things first. Crispy: u51773@uicvm | 3. Know what you're doing. Extra Crispy: u51773@uicvm.cc.uic.edu | 4. Jane! Stop this crazy thing!
<RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> (05/05/91)
Last night I picked up a copy of PCM Mag at the newstand. There's an ad from Aerocomp, out of texas, in which they are advertising a hard drive for ex/hx, together with a board that doesn't hang. I used to deal with them back in my trs80 days, and am predisposd to believe what they say about their products. Check 'em out. Bobm