> > I did this myself. You might as well take the opportunity
> > to upgrade the hard drive too tho. 20GB notebook drives are
> > down to < $120 (per http://www.pricewatch.com/1/101/3329-1.htm).
> > Plus add a bill or two for the adapter cable. I got mine from
> > west-tech.com, installed it with an old P133 box that had been
> > in the closet, and then put it in the laptop, which booted it
> > just fine. Had to use IBM's OnTrack diskette to do the
> > partioning... it loads a BIOS extension at boot that handles
> > the large partitions properly till lilo takes over.
>
> I thinking to update my ThinkPad, what do you mean with cable? I found
> only Kingstone update has a PCMCIA-to-IDE but it cost to much.
>
> Stefano
Carry Computers in Fremont had a gadget that could do it. The one I have
from them is a cord, and a little plastic case with a special-connector on
it. The cord is PCMCIA-to-special and drives work in the little case whether
or not you put the little cover lid back on.
Nowadays they seem to have a firewire connector for one... and what I have
isn't listed on their pages, but I'd advise that you call and ask, because
they might have it anyway. Or USB - that'd be fine too.
http://www.carry.com.tw/
I found them because I wanted to chase down who made a previous PCMCIA/IDE
cord I had. The previous one called itself "greystone" and was -waaaaaay-
handy, because it was just card and a little strand of cord. No muss, no
fuss, fold over double and stuff in a pocket or even a wallet. I keep
thinking someday I will find it under something. Oh well. I never found
the manufacturer - but someone referred me to Carry.
For some size drives I needed to improve the amount of time before PCMCIA
decides to reset (thinking there must be nothing there). Ever since I did
that, it mounted every drive I've tried.
What I'm still looking for, is an adapter that makes "large/normal" HD
IDE connect to its little laptop-IDE connector, because then I could
perform the swap-into-another-machine trick on behalf of folks who do
not have another machine... but have a desktop. That'd be mucho handy
for installfests.
* Heather Stern * star@ many places...
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