From: Randal Whittle (rwhittle_at_usa.net)
Date: Tue Aug 05 1997 - 18:22:19 EDT
You can put the drive in an external casing (Road Warrior makes a "bullet"
casing that I've used and like quite well) for portability, or you can just
put it in a desktop machine (with an adapter).
At 02:11 PM 8/5/97 -0700, Kevin W. Rudd wrote:
>continuing on similar vein as others....
>
>i'm planning on getting a toshiba mk2103mav thinline 2.1gb drive (as
>many seem to be doing) and was curious if there was something useful
>to do with the 810mb drive that is currently hiding under the
>cd-rom.... it would be nice to be able to use this in addition to the
>new 2.1gb drive (i'd have liked the new 3+gb thinline from ibm but
>expect that when it finally comes available it won't be affordable.
>
>does anyone know about somehow adapting a hard drive to the cd-rom
>connector so that it can be used in lieu of the cd-rom? is there an
>aftermarket for used 2.5" drives? is it useful to have a shelf-spare?
>
>i'll probably get the 2.1gb drive anyway---i need the portable
>space---and may get a scsi pcmcia card for while i'm at home (spare
>2.1gb 3.5" drive).
>
>
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Randal J. Whittle whittle_at_usc.edu (213) 740-7775
Director, Electronic Commerce Program
Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California
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