Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!cbatt!neoucom!wtm From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: Hard-card disk drives in the 6300 Message-ID: <350@neoucom.UUCP> Date: Sat, 3-Jan-87 23:53:53 EST Article-I.D.: neoucom.350 Posted: Sat Jan 3 23:53:53 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 4-Jan-87 05:38:24 EST References: <346@neoucom.UUCP> <934@ur-tut.UUCP> Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Lines: 29 Keywords: Do they work (with the cover on)... Summary: Finally the reason why some drives don't fit. Hi, Mark Horton dropped me a note relating a personal experience with a Tandon card style drive. Mark pointed out that the Tandon drive is somewhat bulkier than the Plus and tnat the Tandon drive is designed to be anchored with screws at both the front and rear ends of the machine. The rear attachment (had to think for a minute how to phase that to avoid a tacky pun) would be the same as most other cards-- no problem. According to Mark, the drive attaches in front with a metal bracket where you remove the IBM's plastic card guide channel and use two screws though the holes in the chassis where the card guide used to be. Of course, we have a problem here since the card rack inside the 6300's cabinet is one piece for all the slots and there are no holes as in the IBM chassis. By the way, Mark stated that the Tandon drive functioned properly, but could have become troublesome as it was not fastened securely as would be optimal. I guess that puts an end to this discussion. The moral is to be sure to inspect the mounting method used on the drive card you are considering for the 6300 before you irreversibly lay your money down. Buyer beware when dealing with mail order-- but you alreay must have known that! Thanks to all who responded, Bill