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Article #8388Re: Help on harddrives for the PC
From: Drew Rudman
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1991 00:16
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1991 00:16
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/ hpcc01:comp.sys.ibm.pc / em@cbnewsh.att.com (edward.man) / 9:58 am Mar 13, 1991 / >that the drive is running out of space. I have a choice of buying >another MFM drive and put it onto the existing controller, or >through away the existing controller and the existing drive and >buy a new controller and drive. I need to know if my existing >controller can handle two drives (of the same type). Can anyone >help? What are your opinions on what I should do? Any comment >is welcome. >Ed Man ---------- MFM controllers can support two devices. Right now you have a drive assigned to drive 0. You can easily add a second MFM drive to the second channel, drive 1. Some considerations: Power Supply - is yours have enough wattage to support a second large hard drive (if it is 200W or better, your OK.), does your current hard drive cable have connectors for two drives? - if not you'll need to get one along with the smaller data cable, and lastly, can your case support another drive device?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpcc01!drewr From: drewr@hpcc01.HP.COM (Drew Rudman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Help on harddrives for the PC Message-ID: <1710005@hpcc01.HP.COM> Date: 16 Mar 91 00:16:48 GMT References: <1991Mar13.175853.10524@cbnewsh.att.com> Organization: HP Corp Computing & Services Lines: 19