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>> Subject: RE: vendor for hard drives > >> IBM Factory Outlet is selling the removeable 170mb Thinkpad HD for only $79. >> The drives are small, but one could buy these drives for the shells and >> replace the inner drives with higher capacity. > >The shell is very good, I used it instead of the sheet metal and got >a much more quiet system. But to fit a high capacity drive would >mean to slovethe connector-problem as well, and that do not seem easy >to me. I assume the connector problem you are refering to is the pin offset problem, where the ribbon cable had to be twisted slightly to get them to match the later drive. It is my understanding that this was only a problem with the early 750's, and that the later factory tp drives had cables that were compatible with the aftermarket IBM drives. Please correct me if I'm wrong. By the way, I've been using an upgraded drive with the stressed connector for more than a year now, and I have had no problems so far. ---------------------------- Victor Kress Geophysical Laboratory 5251 Broad Branch Road N.W. Washington, D.C. 20015-1305 (202) 686-2410 x2489 ---------------------------