Re: > 520? Mb hard disk { Newbie question }

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From: Alex Law
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 00:00

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TangSimon@cuhk.hk (Tang Simon) wrote:

>>Dear all,

>>I have a old 486 PC board with two years old, but it seems to be very healthy. 

>>Could you please tell me how I can use a    eg     850 Mb hard disk with this 
>>main board?

>>Is changing the ROM BIOS ok? How much is a new BIOS?

>>Is some sort of software driver solve the problem?  Would the performance be 
>>downgraded significantly? 

There are some DOS software drivers which are usually come with the
harddisks. On my experience, the performance will not be downgraded
significantly.

>>Best Regards,   TangSimon@cuhk.hk 


Happy Days,
Alex Law
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Subject: Re: > 520? Mb hard disk  { Newbie question }
Date: 1995/08/27
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