jdpierc@PacBell.COM (Jerry D. Pierce) (02/22/91)
I'm thinking rather seriously of picking up a Toshiba T1000SE soon, and I was wondering if I can hook up an external hard disk to that external floppy port on the back... Does Toshiba (or anyone else) make such a set-up?? I really need the portability of the T1000SE, but I also need at least the ability to store data on a hard disk... Jerry Pierce jdpierc@PacBell.COM
zimmer@cod.NOSC.MIL (Thomas L. Zimmerman) (02/23/91)
From article <8625@pbhyf.PacBell.COM>, by jdpierc@PacBell.COM (Jerry D. Pierce): > I'm thinking rather seriously of picking up a Toshiba T1000SE soon, > and I was wondering if I can hook up an external hard disk to that > external floppy port on the back... Does Toshiba (or anyone else) > make such a set-up?? > This is the second request for this in a week, so here's some details on what looks to be at least one alternative. This is from an ad in the February issue of "Portable Office" for a company called Liberty Systems. They claim to have both 52 and 105 meg hard disks, 17ms access time, in self-contained enclosures of 2"x5"x7", that weigh under 3lbs and with a 60G shock rating. They plug into the parallel port on the Toshiba and into a wall socket for power. Cost for the 52M disk is $900, for the 105M disk is $1,200. I have not contacted these folks and have no experience with their products, but this is one of the few adds I've seen with what looks to be a workable solution for the T1000SE. The phone number to contact Liberty Systems is (408) 983-1127. They are located in Santa Clara, CA. Hope this helps, Lee -- Lee Zimmerman, Naval Ocean Systems Center, Code 421, San Diego, CA, 92152 {arpa,mil}net: zimmer@nosc.mil uucp: {ihnp4,akgua,decvax,dcdwest,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!nosc!zimmer
graff@mlpvm2.iinus1.ibm.com (Michael Graff) (02/23/91)
If you already know you want a hard disk and you haven't bought the machine yet, why not get a T1000XE or T1000LE? The former has an internal hard disk and external floppy. The latter has both built in. ...Michael