Re: TP701C ATA66 Bus Card

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From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Tue Oct 16 2001 - 23:53:51 EDT

Sure, along with all the extra memory and the PCMCIA USB card.
Guess he just loves that old machine, for the $$ he is willing to put into
it, he could easily get a P366 or 400 with a warranty!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: TP701C ATA66 Bus Card

> 30Gb drive for the 701C! That's a joke, right?
>
> --- drlin <drlin_at_esep.com> wrote:
> > Just saw a Fujitsu 30 GB 2.5-Inch Notebook Drive
> > 12.5mm
> > for TP701C and others.
> >
> > The KEY FEATURES is:
> > Available in 30.0GB (12.5mm z-height)
> > GMR-Spin Value Head
> > Stiction-Free Trini-Slider
> > Cable-Patterned Suspection
> > Ultra-DMA 66 Support (ATA-5)
> >
> > How can this (TP701C) old ISA bus perform 66MB/sec
> > access?
> >
> > Is there any product, such as ATA66 interface
> > or controller out there to catch up the speed?
> > Where can we buy one?
> > Or, the hard drive just simply degrades to the
> > ISA bus speed.
> >
> > Also, can this 30GB be recognized by the BIOS?
> > Or just recognized by Windows.
>
>
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