From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue May 18 1999 - 00:34:14 EDT
Richard..
richard wrote:
> I'm thinking of getting a larger drive for my 570 - the 10gb version of the
> Travelstar 10GT. Most retailer's description of the drive is different
> than IBM's, which confuses me.
>
they ARE different..marginally..
but they'll work fine in your 570 or 600...
> IBM's web page says this is a 12.7 mm high drive with part #DCXA-210000.
>
> Most web sites say the 10gb 10GT is a 17mm high drive with part #25L2709.
> Some list it as 12.7 mm. A few say the part # is 21L9590.
>
> Are there many versions of this drive? (I realize there is an 8gb version
> of the 10GT.) Both 17mm and 12.5? I can't find either 25L2709 or 21L9590
> on IBM's web site. Is there some part of IBM's web pages I'm missing?
>
the true thinkpad option drives have a slightly different logical
head/cylinder/sector per track geometry than the OEM drives, but most seem to
work well...
> btw, none of the web sites I've seen actually have the drive in stock.
I have them available..
what you see on the web sites is a come on..
just another ploy to get you to surf their site, where the site gets paid for
each pair of eyeballs..
YOUR eyeballs..
for the ads..
thats the why and how of selling at or below cost on the web...
however, in defense of those that advertise what they don't have, this 10gig
drive is in short supply right now..
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