Re: TI-H: ide hd stuff

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Subject: Re: TI-H: ide hd stuff
From: tsaimelv@pilot.msu.edu (Mel Tsai)
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 21:29:39 GMT
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>Grant Stockly wrote:
>
>> I think I've seen a 12GB IDE drive at the store.  I don't know if they make
>> 18GB...  basically the HD size is limited to about 128GB because of
>> addressing...
>
>Grant, you and I both know it'll be a cold day in ticalc.org before
>there are enough calculator programs availible to fill 0.5% of that
>much space. Besides, a hard drive isn't exactly portable, seeing
>as how it needs +5, -5, and +12 and a stable mechanical mounting.

Laptop hard drives only require +5v though and it doesn't really need
a stable mounting.  But, the stupid thing will require minimum 2 'C'
batteries or 2 'D' batteries (with a charge pump power supply) or
probably more likely 4 'C' batteries if you want more than 2 hours of
operation.  

All in all, a hard/floppy/tape/zip drive expander is a huge waste of
time.

-Mel

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