Re: PS/2 harddrive upgrade

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From: Mark Sterling
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:28

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In article <1993Jan23.224538.20072@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> grickett@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Gregory A Ricketts) writes:

>My Uncle has a veterinary clinic in Waverly, Ohio.  He presently runs
>VBOSS on a PS/2 Model 55 SX, and needs to upgrade from his present 60MB
>harddrive to ~120MB harddrive.  I know very little about PS/2s, I don't even
>know if this is a 286, or 386.  I have *heard* that it can be difficult to
>upgrade a PS/2 harddrive.  My question, can this be done, and what
>harddrives are compatible with this make of PS/2?  Thanks for any
>information.  Greg.

It is a 386SX.
You have to replace the harddrive, you can't add to it the 60 because there 
is no room.  There are a couple of places that have harddrives for PS/2's, 
but they are expensive.  Check the back of PC/Computing or PC Mag.

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