thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan) (12/18/90)
slimick@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C Slimick) in <70443@unix.cis.pitt.edu> writes:
Recently I was offered a 7300 that was in working condition in all but
its hard drive. I assume that it is is of the smaller memory size,
since the hard drive is 20M. Is it worth the price of a hard drive? If
so, where can I get a decent 20 M hard drive for it?
Nearly any HD conforming to "ST-506, MFM, 17 sectors/track" will work in the
machine. I'd advise you to consider a larger HD, though. For example, even
though I don't like Seagate, you can get a brand-new ST-251 (40MB) HD for about
$250 in quantity one, over-the-counter.
The 20MB HDs are so s-l-o-w you'd think you were using an IBM PC or a Mac; get
smart and upgrade!
Thad
P.S. Are you the same "John Slimick" that was at Tymshare circa 1971-72? If
so, please send email.
Thad Floryan [ thad@cup.portal.com (OR) ..!sun!portal!cup.portal.com!thad ]