Re: 701 Hard drives, part deux...

[whittle@usc.edu (Randy Whittle)]

At 1:11 PM 5/11/96, John H. Kim wrote:

>Maxtor makes a 12.5mm 1.0 and 1.2 GB drive in that range.  IBM just
>announced drives in that size range too (I sent part of news report
>on it to this group last month).  I think there was another company
>as well.
>
>But I'd heard rumored on comp.sys.laptops that the 701's BIOS could
>only handle the 540 and 720 drives made by IBM.  I've no idea if that's
>true.

        Do you know where I might buy such a beast and about how much?
Also, I've never opened the drive on my 701 (doesn't seem to open very
easily).  Does it require a special caddy of some sort?  And if so, does
that mean my current 720 drive is useless except to sell to some other 701
would-be upgrader?


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