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: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 02:00:25 GMT
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Umm, let's see if you can design a *portable* battery system that
gives +5, -5, and +12 and not have it be huge and complicated.  That
was his point, although it only applies to 3.5" hard drives.

>you dont know how to make a power supply?
>
>joe
>
>Bryan Rittmeyer wrote:
>
>> 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.


-Mel

References:

Re: TI-H: ide hd stuff

From: Grant Stockly <gussie@alaska.net>

Re: TI-H: ide hd stuff

From: Bryan Rittmeyer <bryanr@flash.net>

Re: TI-H: ide hd stuff

From: "Joseph M. Geiss" <joseph@mail.bcpl.lib.md.us>