(SOT) IBM 730T and PCMCIA hard drives

From: Shawn T. Rutledge <rutledge_at_cx47646-a.phnx1.az.home.com>
Date: Mon Feb 14 18:26:52 2000

On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 06:52:45PM -0500, John Allain wrote:
> Shawn T. Rutledge said:
> Re: 730T
> > Since there is no BIOS setup could I get it to boot
> > from a different sized drive....
>
> Quick answer:
> I picked a random Swapmeet PCM drive (160MBy) and
> the 730T recognized it right away. I formatted and

Good.

> loaded it in a friends Modern Laptop. There is a

What OS was running on the Modern Laptop?

> BIOS Set-Up for the 730T. Just depress <<the>> penswitch
> on the frame for 5Sec while booting. BIOS and selftest

Now there's some useful info, thanks.

> there are all icon based. 730T is >5years old and officially
> de-supported by the manufacturer so it ?is? on-Topic.

Cool.

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