RE: Sources for 2.1 gig HDs for ThinkPad 701CS

["Paul Khoury" <pkhoury@earthlink.net>]

On Thu, 14 Aug 97 18:07:03 +0300, Dominique Pivard wrote:

>On Thu, 14 Aug 1997 at 10:22 AM you, "TROTTIER, Tom" <ttrottier@shl.com>,
>said:
>
>>I am thinking of upgrading too.. some questions:
>>1.	Does the plastic wrap resemble Saran wrap? Would several layers of
>>Saran wrap work as well? 2.	Would the plastic wrap cause any overheating
>>or reduced component life?
>
>I have no idea what "Saran wrap" is, but you can easily see for yourself
>what the original plastic wrap looks like by taking the drive off your
>TP701, which is very easily and safely done (after all, the TP701 drives
>were designed to be removable).
>
Saran wrap is a plastic wrap for foods.

>I suppose IBM wouldn't have wrapped the drives if it could have damaged
>them. It probably also protects the drive against dust and oxidation.
>
Or electro-static, perhaps.

>At one time my TP701 acted as my home Internet server and was switched on
>24 hours a day for more than 5 months. Neither the TP701 nor the drive
>itself appeared to have suffered from any kind of overheating.
>
Long time.  I had my ThinkPad on for like 1.5 weeks straight, and my Linux server
for about 2 weeks, all the time, w/ external SCSI peripherals.

Paul