[rescue] Re: Drive Reliability (was SCSI drive for sale atbuy.com)

[Dave McGuire]

   Not exactly...they don't plug into a system bus, they just use 
card-edge connectors for the back of the drive bays.  These drives were 
ESDI, I thought, but I could be wrong.

             -Dave

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 11:50 AM, Kevin wrote:
> Is that like the old hardcards?  ISA cards with HDs
> mounted on them.
>
> Is it plugged into a MicroChannel slot or something
> proprietary?
>
> /KRM
>
> On Wed, 14 May 2003 19:52:33 -0400
> "Sheldon T. Hall" <shel at cmhcsys.com> wrote:
>
>> Speaking of now-unusual disk drive types ... I've got
>> an "IBM PS/2 model 30 286"  The drive in it has a
>> male "card edge" type of connection, and is an IBM
>> Model WDL-320 ... some place at
>> www.codemicro.com/store/prod_results.cfm/mode/5/srchparm/6128235.cfm
>> wants$160 for one.  That's a lot for a 20 MB drive!
>>
>> http://members.tripod.com/mastodonpc/ibm/disks.html
>> says it's RLL.
>>
>> Anybody want it?  I'm about the scrap the machine
>> it's in....
>>
>> -Shel
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