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Article #3733Can you run an XT on it side? (among other things)
From: eesb2mm
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:31
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 19:31
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Okay I have a PC XT, 256k memory with BIOS date 1982 or thereabouts, with IBM internal 10 MB hard disk drive. I have a couple of questions to ask: 1) I'm a bit tight on space, so turned the machine on its side. This worked fine for a while, but recently I have been getting 'Disk Boot Failure' and 'Data Error reading drive C:' errors. These errors normally clear after a couple of retries, but am I causing damage to the hard disk, or is it just a bit flakey on its side? 2) Due to its age, I heard it is impossible to get a 386 motherboard and PSU in the case. If this is so, does anyone know where in the UK I could obtain a second-hand case ( and any other second hand items) to suit a student budget? (Yes, I know about misc.forsale %-) 3) If I do get new components for the machine, can anyone think of any ideas for using the old parts in some way? I hope someone out there can help me with these questions. If you want, reply by e-mail, and I'll summarise if anyone wants to know the information. Thanks, Malcolm. -- Malcolm Macarthur eesb2mm@dct.ac.uk NEWS> set profile/signature=NLA0:
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!walter!att-out!pacbell.com!decwrl!olivea!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!uknet!str-ccsun!dct.ac.uk!eesb2mm From: eesb2mm@dct.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Can you run an XT on it side? (among other things) Message-ID: <1993Jan23.193114.3033@dct.ac.uk> Date: 23 Jan 93 19:31:14 GMT Organization: The Network. Lines: 31