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At 07:50 AM 12/28/97 -0500, you wrote: ><<No, there is already a 8Gig drive. Look at >http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/travel/8gsprod.htm >>> > >That's just a press release about newly developed technology, no indication >that the present tense is appropritae if you are talking about availability, >my statement was about availability, and I do not understand why you said >No when I said: > ><<> The largest drives available as far as I know are 5GB formatted (I am >> talking 2.5" for thinkpads). >>> > >Until you see a product number, something like this does not exist. Now I >would be delighted to find out that you are right :-) Does someone indeed >have a part number on the 8GB drive? > > The IBM press release dated 15 Oct 97 discussing 3 billion bits per square inch and drives at that density had the following: "Availability date for OEM customers: December 97" when discussing the 8GS. also: "Travelstar 8GS will be available during the first quarter of 1998 as a stand-alone option for select notebook computers" The OEM part number appears to be DYLA-28100 for the 8GS and DYLA-2480 for the 6.48 GB version (4 platters instead of 5). I'm also interested if you find the IBM part number or FRU number and also if they will work in older (76X) Thinkpads. The 5 GB ones do with an appropriate BIOS upgrade. Stuart Stuart F. Biggar Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona PO Box 210094, Tucson AZ 85721-0094 Stuart.Biggar@opt-sci.arizona.edu