Re: Toshiba MK-6409MAV in TP600?

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Aug 02 1998 - 14:53:09 EDT

IBM makes IBM drives..
toshiba makes toshiba drives..
they are not even similar, let alone identical..
no truth to THAT.. period..

Paul Khoury wrote:

> On Sun, 02 Aug 1998 13:28:13 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> >IBM drives are superior to toshiba drives..
> >don't try to confuse me with any disagreeable facts, they just ARE..!
> >:-)
> >
> >the toshiba most likely WILL fit the 600, but, in the past, even though
> >the specs say they are the same, toshiba has, IN THE PAST, used the one
> >pair of address pins that is unused for something entirely different than
> >IBM does..
> >
> >so, like the guy says, you pays your money and you takes your chances..
> >
> >:-)
> >
> >relax, its only money..
>
> One thing I heard from an Easyserve tech (maybe not completely true)
> is that most of IBM's notebook drives are made by Toshiba. Some of them look similiar, but
> others look more like genuine IBM's.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
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