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  • Re: Needing more disk! What can I do?

    From KP KP@21:1/5 to dvl...@cs.umu.se on Sat Aug 13 08:57:27 2022
    On Thursday, June 21, 1990 at 12:01:39 PM UTC-7, dvl...@cs.umu.se wrote:
    Greetings to all newcomers to this newsgroup!
    It comes just in time to post my request:
    The company I work for bought several PS/2 Model 30-021's when IBM in
    Sweden promoted a sale! Now they regret this and decided that they need
    an upgrade! Luckily enough I managed to convince them of my need for a
    larger machine and got a Model 70! My question is:
    How can I proceed in buying a larger hard-disk (fixed-disk or hard-card)
    for the Model 30? We have 2 employees which will be in the US during
    August and they will be buying some equipment. Do I need a whole new
    driver plus the disk? Can I purchase a 3 1/2 inch drive and still use
    the installed driver? I have had no experience with this and was asked
    to find out what could be done. What should suggest they buy (within reasonable rates) and how?
    For those who do not know the PS/2 Model 30-021 ...
    8086 with 8 MHz clock
    XT-bus with 0-wait state
    640 kB memory, expandable to 2.6 MB
    64 kB ROM with CBIOS
    20 MB 3 1/2" fixed hard disk
    1 720 kB 3 1/2" floppy disk drive.
    For general information what kind of expansion cards should I ask them to
    buy for these machines, if I manage to convince my boss about the
    improvement of the machine...

    Gratefully and anxiously awaiting,
    /Phil.
    -- ================================================================================
    It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do! Phillip Dale dvl...@cs.umu.se ================================================================================
    Buy more disk!!!

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  • From Tomas Slavotinek@21:1/5 to KP KP on Sat Aug 13 19:05:17 2022
    Great advice!

    Though he will also need a TARDIS or do some hardcore landfill
    excavating to recover those Model 30's from 30 years ago...

    On 13.08.2022 17:57, KP KP wrote:
    On Thursday, June 21, 1990 at 12:01:39 PM UTC-7, dvl...@cs.umu.se wrote:
    Greetings to all newcomers to this newsgroup!
    It comes just in time to post my request:
    The company I work for bought several PS/2 Model 30-021's when IBM in
    Sweden promoted a sale! Now they regret this and decided that they need
    an upgrade! Luckily enough I managed to convince them of my need for a
    larger machine and got a Model 70! My question is:
    How can I proceed in buying a larger hard-disk (fixed-disk or hard-card)
    for the Model 30? We have 2 employees which will be in the US during
    August and they will be buying some equipment. Do I need a whole new
    driver plus the disk? Can I purchase a 3 1/2 inch drive and still use
    the installed driver? I have had no experience with this and was asked
    to find out what could be done. What should suggest they buy (within
    reasonable rates) and how?
    For those who do not know the PS/2 Model 30-021 ...
    8086 with 8 MHz clock
    XT-bus with 0-wait state
    640 kB memory, expandable to 2.6 MB
    64 kB ROM with CBIOS
    20 MB 3 1/2" fixed hard disk
    1 720 kB 3 1/2" floppy disk drive.
    For general information what kind of expansion cards should I ask them to
    buy for these machines, if I manage to convince my boss about the
    improvement of the machine...

    Gratefully and anxiously awaiting,
    /Phil.
    --
    ================================================================================
    It's amazing what one can accomplish when one doesn't know what one can't do!
    Phillip Dale dvl...@cs.umu.se
    ================================================================================
    Buy more disk!!!

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  • From Louis Ohland@21:1/5 to KP KP on Sat Aug 13 12:00:14 2022
    Buy more disk. Is that like need more cowbell?

    It looks like you are oblivious to the drive interface for the Model 30.

    KP KP wrote:
    Buy more disk!!!

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  • From gfretwell@aol.com@21:1/5 to All on Sat Aug 13 17:04:30 2022
    On Sat, 13 Aug 2022 12:00:14 -0700, Louis Ohland <ohland@charter.net>
    wrote:

    Buy more disk. Is that like need more cowbell?

    It looks like you are oblivious to the drive interface for the Model 30.

    KP KP wrote:
    Buy more disk!!!

    I plugged SCSI cards into all of my old PS/2s when I was still using
    them. After around the mod 57 or 77 SCSI was standard.
    Once you have a SCSI bus you can hang all sorts of stuff on an old
    PS/2. The cable out of an old RS/9000 is great because it has a bunch
    of 50 pin Bergs on it. You can crimp on a 50 pin Centronics plug if
    that is what you need. AS/400 "shoeboxes" are cool for a 5.25" full
    high or multi smaller drive external enclosure.

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