derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) (06/10/91)
I posted a letter similar to this a week or so ago, and never received any replies - probably because of a lousy Subject line. I'll try again. I currently have a 40MB Seagate HD. I'm squeezed for space, and have an external 10MB SCSI-based servo-written Konica 5.25" floppy DD for over- flow. I've got 5 of these 10MB disks. That's 90MB or there abouts. My main interest is programming, but I have some space guzzlers like Ventura, Windows3, Desqview, TP6 and object professional, and a lot of shareware as a library. At some point I might want to run a BBS. Since the computer is currently FULL, I cann't add anything, I shall have to exchange my 40MB HD and buy a new HD (and presumably a new controller board). Hanging on the current one are a 5.25" HDD, and a 3.5" HDD. The computer is a 386SX clone with a end 89 ATI BIOS. I don't really understand these IDE EDSI SCSI questions, and I really don't want to pay HUGE amounts of cash for the new setup. So, bearing all that in mind, what would be your recommendations, and what sort of price, and problems can I expect? Best Regards, Derek Carr DEREK@DTS.INE.PHILIPS.NL Philips I&E TQV-5 Eindhoven, The Netherlands Standard Disclaimers apply.
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (06/17/91)
In article <738@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl> derek@sun4dts.dts.ine.philips.nl (derek) writes: | I currently have a 40MB Seagate HD. I'm squeezed for space, and have an | external 10MB SCSI-based servo-written Konica 5.25" floppy DD for over- | flow. I've got 5 of these 10MB disks. That's 90MB or there abouts. | At some point I might want to run a BBS. | | Since the computer is currently FULL, I cann't add anything, I shall | have to exchange my 40MB HD and buy a new HD (and presumably a new | controller board). Hanging on the current one are a 5.25" HDD, and a | 3.5" HDD. You *may* be able to use an external SCSI drive, since most controllers allow you to use either four or seven drives on the controller, and they're daisy chained. If so, check IME in _PC Week_ or _Info World_ for source. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me