[SunRescue] A new laptop for Reagen...
Mike Hebel
rescue at sunhelp.org
Tue Jan 30 12:19:44 CST 2001
>>See, now I want to check my HP Omnibook to see which it is. It's a
>>P166MMX with the 512K cache. I want to know if it has SCSI =)
The ad said a Panasonic SCSI drive and those often came with PCMCIA SCSI
cards so there's probably not an actual port in the notebook. That's rare
and often on "odd" models - for instance my TI Travelmate 4000M has SCSI
built in - AHA1510 but hey it's SCSI.
I've played with the 4X PCMCIA Panasonic SCSI on an IBM TP before and it was
_very_ solid. It even had the ability to fully run off of AA batteries for
quite some time. Since the notebook was old I even put Velcro on the bottom
of the drive and stuck it to the back of the screen. I had to close the
notebook a little to change CDs but it worked like a charm!
BTW - The PCMCIA is a TRUE SCSI card. I had a DAT drive and a 7 CD changer
(NEC) hooked to it at one time and all worked as expected. The card even
worked in NT.
Working in 'nix...well I didn't get to try that at the time.
Mike Hebel
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