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 <507616103wnr@mpreston.demon.co.uk>
           Mark@mpreston.demon.co.uk "Mark Preston" writes:

>In article: <815999119.26014@ubiquity.demon.co.uk>  Michael Doyle <miked>
> writes:
>> 
>> I have an AMSTRAD PC 1386 hard drive that I would like to upgrade.
>[snip]
>> Has anyone done this?
>[snip]
>
>Unfortunately, Amstrad tend to use the rather old MFM-style HDDs - which means
> that 
>it is next to impossible to configure standard modern drives to work well on
> them. 
>With the slightly (:->) novel case layouts it isn't even easy to upgrade the 
>motherboard and build up from there. Your best bet, I'm afraid, is to get a
> standard 
>system.

I can't agree. If you get an IDE controler with it's own BIOS from Promise
or whoever you ought to be able to use modern EIDE drives and LBA.

You should be able to get a cheap DC200 in uk.forsale I should think.

-- 
John Beardmore

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