From: jbrush_at_aros.net
Date: Sun Sep 03 2000 - 22:42:01 EDT
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>I just noticed that you have a "Docking Station". Which one? The Dock
>II has two "slots".
>The "smaller" Dock I will only accept the IBM built 2X or 4X CD-ROM or a
>hard drive installed in the aformentioned hard drive adapter. It also
>has a Future Domain (now Adaptec) 850 8 bit, 50 pin (thus the adapter
>designation) adapter.
Well, its obvious I just bought it all for fun without a lot of checking
:) but I only paid $220, so no way I can lose. The dock station is a type 3547-01 made in 96/10 It has the CD player in it, no idea how fast but your 2X or 4X guess seems reasonable. It has all the ports you mentioned, the slots in the back for PC cards, 1 ISA and 2 PCI slots. I don't have any PCMCIA stuff yet, so I have no idea if the are functional. The seller said everything worked. There is a SCSI port, and the parallel, serial, video stuff that is also on the laptop. I just saw the laptop itself on Ebay at $350 and rising and that is without the dock station. Other than that, its exactly what I have, so I guess I did okay.
>I had one of those. The only way you are going to get a CD is either a
>parallel or PCMCIA (PC Card) external. I would suggest getting a
>Backpack parallel port model. OS/2 will support it.
I have a backpack parallel somewhere downstairs. I didn't know OS/2 would
support it tho. Are there drivers around somewhere that you know of?
I am okay with no CD on the laptop for now, but I was just wondering how
something that wide fits in the case in the first place? Your explantion
makes sense of that. Thanks.
> The problem is that IBMs
> >early hard drives had the 'drive select' pins in the reverse order of
> >hard drives manufactured today.
You have to look for the model specifications. All 760's are restricted
to a maximum 6.4 GB unless you use a "drive expansion" software package.
I recommend against them because the you have to modify the drive's Master
Boot Record. Blow up the MBR and you are out the drive's information....
But what do you know about the above mention of the pins not matching up?
Is that back to the old, less than one gig devices, or the new 4 to 6 gig
jobs? Do you think I can buy one of those and be safe? I see one on Ebay
that has a picture and it looks exactly like mine, so I would assume it
fits.......
I see no need to exceed 6 gigs on what I intend to use it for. I would
just like the space so I could copy a few CDs to it for portability.
That's why I want to get as big a drive as I can afford, and not have to
go bigger until I get a newer laptop.
Again, thanks to all for the advice.
>You are welcome. BTW the serial number is all of the digits...i.e.
>78-XX33. There might be a date next to it. This is the date the system
>was built/refurbished by IBM and if it is less than three years old, you
>have a warrenty....
Duh! That makes sense. Mine is a 96er.
Much obliged,
John
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