other things besides floppies...

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sat Jul 25 22:55:18 1998

On Sun, 26 Jul 1998, Tony Duell wrote:

> >
> > I just got an Amstrad ppc 640, and am starting to realise how much I really
> > wish this thing had a hard disk - even a little one. Is there ANY sort of
> > hard disk solution that will plug into a 720k 3.5inch floppy controller?
>
> Not that I know of. Your best bet is probably to try to add an XT hard
> disk controller onto the 2 expansion connectors. Not exactly trivial (or
> portable), but I've never seen an internal hard drive for these machines.

If he could come up with an 8-bit HardCard, that might be the easiest
solution - assuming that there is room for a full length card to be
installed.
                                                 - don
 
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