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Howdy, After a 1.5 year hiatus, I am back on the list. For the last several days, I see there are still some familiar names around. I live and work overseas and haven't had a good net connection until now. I'm glad to be back. I have a TP755CS with 8Meg RAM, two HDs (170Meg- Win3.1/ 340Meg- Linux running X), DX4-75. I would like to try to locally purchase a standard 2.5inch IDE harddrive, make a makeshift cover, and install it myself. I have some old messages from the list on this (Kim, Chou, Whiteside et al/ that suggest this can be done), but the one piece of info I am missing is the specs on the connector/cable to make the connection between the IDE drive 44pins and the AMP D connector on the outside. Does anyone have recent pertinent info/pitfalls to avoid etc. on this and where I can order such a connector/cable in the states? I know many of you have upgraded over the last several years; unfortunately, I haven't been able to... thus I am still using this friendly, old but faithful machine. I am a longtime Linux user, and want to upgrade my kernel, but alas I am short on RAM and disk space. Thus, if there is anyone with some old machines around that are gathering dust and are interested in unloading an old part for a reasonable price :-), I am in the market for some more RAM, new battery, and a new harddrive. Maybe there are places that have sprung up in the last few years that sell this old stuff. Pointers in the right direction would be appreciated. I did see the recent pointer to www.indexcomputer.com for TP755 upgrades. Thanks in advance and Best regards, Joe Derrick