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On Sun, 28 Dec 1997 08:34:31 +0000, Stuart F. Biggar wrote:
>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.
>
I myself mind that so incredible that you can put 8 gigs into a 2.5"
drive, where I still have WORKING 10MB drives (full height, BTW), and
thought that 250MB when I got my 355C was HUGE!
I also looked on their site to find a 14GB EIDE drive, too. Amazing what
they come up with.
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