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You can put the drive in an external casing (Road Warrior makes a "bullet" casing that I've used and like quite well) for portability, or you can just put it in a desktop machine (with an adapter). At 02:11 PM 8/5/97 -0700, Kevin W. Rudd wrote: >continuing on similar vein as others.... > >i'm planning on getting a toshiba mk2103mav thinline 2.1gb drive (as >many seem to be doing) and was curious if there was something useful >to do with the 810mb drive that is currently hiding under the >cd-rom.... it would be nice to be able to use this in addition to the >new 2.1gb drive (i'd have liked the new 3+gb thinline from ibm but >expect that when it finally comes available it won't be affordable. > >does anyone know about somehow adapting a hard drive to the cd-rom >connector so that it can be used in lieu of the cd-rom? is there an >aftermarket for used 2.5" drives? is it useful to have a shelf-spare? > >i'll probably get the 2.1gb drive anyway---i need the portable >space---and may get a scsi pcmcia card for while i'm at home (spare >2.1gb 3.5" drive). > > ------- Randal J. Whittle whittle@usc.edu (213) 740-7775 Director, Electronic Commerce Program Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California