From: Paul Khoury (pkhoury_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Aug 02 1997 - 02:18:35 EDT
On 01 Aug 97 10:27:17 EDT, William Tsang wrote:
>>> he said that *all* the notebook hard drives are made by Toshiba. I find this
>>> hard to believe, except for those drives that say MADE FOR IBM, rather than
>>> MADE BY IBM, which would be misleading if it were in fact made by Toshiba.
>
>The technician didn't know what he was talking about. IBM's SSD (Storage
>Systems
>Division) is one of the biggest manufacturers of hard disks (including 2.5"
>notebook
>HDD's) in the world. There are probably a few ThinkPad's which use Toshiba
>drives, but many
>Toshiba and Compaq notebooks use IBM drives.
>
>Check out: http://www.storage.ibm.com/storage/hardsoft/diskdrdl.htm
>
>- Bill Tsang
>
>
>
I actually didn't believe him, but thought that it was interesting enough to
post though. Also, is there any software that can update any of IBMs'
drives' firmware? I have an IBM 2.5" drive (from my dead 355C) that is
currently used in a custom system I built myself, and it only works as
the second drive, but not the first. The first drive is of the same series,
except it's a 340MB from a 755CE. I was just wondering, because
this system has no case at all, and it's quite risky just stacking the
floppy, CD-ROM, and these two hard drives on top of the power
supply, because accidents DO happen. And the two drives barely
have any room next to each other. Thanks.
Paul
Regards,
Paul Khoury
pkhoury_at_earthlink.net
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