dpf@vax.oxford.ac.uk (06/21/91)
Can I ask advice about hard disk expansion? I have a clone 286 with a 40 mb hard disk (MFM) partitioned under Dos 3.3. I need more space and am contemplating getting an extra drive c.100 Mb. The cheapest drives advertised are all IDE (mostly seagate in the mags, but I note all the earlier discussion) and one possibility would be simply to replace my existing drive with a new IDE. But I also have a CdRom drive attached, running off a NEC T128 SCSI controller (8 bit thing). It might make more sense to attach a SCSI drive to that: the CDRom drive is external but there are internal connections. But would I run into problems with the drivers I would need, or conflicts with the CDRom? (As you can see, I'm not very technically aware). Any advice, including specifics on drives etc welcome. Don Fowler (DPF@UK.AC.OX.VAX)
feustel@netcom.COM (David Feustel) (06/22/91)
Save yourself a LOT of trouble and just replace the MFM drive and controller with an IDE drive and controller. -- David Feustel, 1930 Curdes Ave, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-9631 EMAIL: feustel@netcom.com or feustel@cvax.ipfw.indiana.edu I voted for Bush once. As it's turning out, once was once too often.