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Re: How to upgrade an AMSTRAD 1386 HD??

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 00:00
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In article <816277351.3997@ubiquity.demon.co.uk> miked "Michael Doyle" writes:

>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.

Seems a shame if it still works. What drives does it use then ?

-- 
John Beardmore
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From: John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: How to upgrade an AMSTRAD 1386 HD??
Date: 1995/11/14
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