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Article #8820Re: Input needed on XT Hard Disk
From: Curiosier and curiosier...
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 15:39
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1990 15:39
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In article <1400021@hp-ptp.HP.COM>, pault@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Paul_Taira) writes... > I visited a local > computer store and I was told that I could not put more than > 30MB on my system since it is an XT with an 8-bit bus. Is this > true? Not true. I run Maxtor 2190(?) 127 Mb partitioned on my 3 year old XT clone. Actually, with a modern controller I could get 159 Mb, but my controller BIOS knows only about 1024 cylinder, while the drive has 1124 cyl. --- Leo Simon simon@hpstek.enet.dec.com --or-- ...!decwrl!hpstek.enet.dec.com!simon --or-- simon%hpstek.enet.dec@decwrl.dec.com Who is not liberal when young, doesn't have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, doesn't have a brain.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!decuac!shlump.nac.dec.com!hpstek!simon From: simon@hpstek.dec.com (Curiosier and curiosier...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Input needed on XT Hard Disk Message-ID: <7565@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 18 Jan 90 15:39:15 GMT Sender: newsdaemon@shlump.nac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 22