Re: How to upgrade an AMSTRAD 1386 HD??

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From: Michael Doyle
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 1995 00:00

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Dr Susan Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Has anyone done this?  I had heard that some IDE drives have a built-in BIOS
>>and the card and drive form one unit suitable for any PC.  Is there any number
>>I could call, or address or FAQ I could read?  I scoured the Web and FAQs but
>>they only refer to the games machines.
>
>No, it's more that some machines have a BIOS which enables them to sense
>the type of IDE drive connected.
>
>Not that even these machines can use andy IDE drive, but they might manage
>to talk to most of them under 512 meg.
>
>Does this Amstrad machine even use IDE drives ?
>
>-- 
>John Beardmore
Thanks John.

Unfortunately, this machine does not use IDE.  Shame - though vendors that I
call say its real easy to add disks in my situation.  Maybe its simpler to dump
the thing and move on.

-- 
Michael Doyle			Ubiquity Software Limited
Technical Director		Imperial House, Imperial Way
Tel: +44 1633 811806		Celtic Lakes, Newport
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