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Article #23Re: !Help - HDisk upgrade
From: Sarah E. Bailey
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 00:00
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In article <4849f44453reghems@argonet.co.uk>, reghems@argonet.co.uk says... > >snipped< >As I am chronically strapped for free HD space, I wonder whether I >could strip out the HD (20 or 30 MB) and use it in an external box >with my 420/1 (Watford IDE interface). An ex-colleague at work told me >that the fan in the 420/1 was marginal and it would be unwise to fit >it next to my Maxtor HD (incorrectly formatted at 504 MB - LFAU 2K). Are you sure it's an IDE drive in the Amstrad? I'd have thought it more likely to be an ST506, in which case you can hang it on the build-in second ST506 connector. I rescue every ST506 drive that I come across, and just stand them, bare, on top of the case. I do use a separate PSU though. That way I can plug different drives in without switching off the rest of the machine during a session. Naughty I know, but it works for me! Sarah E Bailey
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