Toni,

Drive height limitations were discussed last year in the 'General Discussion' discussions on the '50GB unit' subject. Rob commented (Mon Sep 27 17:05:09 1999) that IBM Travelstars were too high:

The width and length should be totally standard, but the height varies from model to model. The highest drive you can fit is 14mm. To put this in perspective, the 10Gb Toshiba drives that we fit are 12.5mm high and the 25Gb IBM TravelStar drives are 17.5mm (too big for many laptops as well as the empeg).

Your 24090 is a Travelstar, but IBM lists its height as 12.7mm. Which is just a hair taller than the 12.5mm Toshiba MK-6409 that came with my 6.4GB empeg. Well within the 14mm limit I would say, just like the IBM 18GT models (DARA 215000 and 218000 which hold 15GB and 18GB) and which are also listed as 12.7 mm tall.

I want a (large ) second drive too. First on my list is the Toshiba 1814GAV (18 GB; 12.5 mm); then the two IBMs of 18GB and 15GB. Last resort (of if I can't afford any of these really big babies; I'd wished that European prices were as low as in the US) the Toshiba 1011GAV that is used in moore's installation guidelines.


Rob/Hugo, any comments / experiences ?



Henno
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