From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_loop.com)
Date: Sun Aug 02 1998 - 14:56:57 EDT
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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