Re: 701 Hard drives, part deux...

["John H. Kim" <jokim@tuna.mit.edu>]

On Sat, 11 May 1996, Randy Whittle wrote:

> At 11:29 PM 5/10/96, R.J.H. wrote:
>
>         As long as we're on the subject, does anyone know whether a
> *larger* drive can be purchased for the 701 and for about how much?  Even
> 720 MB is feeling just a *little* tight for me, and I would prefer
> something in the 1 to 1.2 GB range...especially if its in the cheap range
> like that 720!

Maxtor makes a 12.5mm 1.0 and 1.2 GB drive in that range.  IBM just
announced drives in that size range too (I sent part of news report
on it to this group last month).  I think there was another company
as well.

But I'd heard rumored on comp.sys.laptops that the 701's BIOS could
only handle the 540 and 720 drives made by IBM.  I've no idea if that's
true.
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