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Article #5589Re: Zenith EZ-1 Hard Disk Expansion
From: Barry Pederson
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 19:17
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 1990 19:17
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We're kind of in the same fix, we have 4 EZ-PC's (I think we're talking
about the same machine) with hard disks and one without. We've been calling
around, and have heard two stories:
1) You need a special drive that has the controller built in
(I think they were talking about IDE drives)
2) The motherboard of a dual-floppy machine is different from the
one on a hard-drive machine.
Story #1 makes sense, and you can buy these drives for about $300. I'm not
sure about story #2, but the guys who said this said you could have your
motherboard replaced and a hard disk installed for around $700. We passed on
that deal since you could get a new machine for that much.
You can also get an expansion chassis called the WonUnder, that will let you
plug in some XT type cards, but the chassis is around $300 I think, and seemed
kind of kludgy.
Barry Pederson InterNet: ud092096@vm1.nodak.edu (preferred)
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