If you have use for IDE disks for laptops, you may want to get
spares soon. I am hearing, from several friends I trust, that
IDE disk manufacture is ramping down. In comparison $138
would get you a 1T sata disk.
*sigh*
Think of all the thinkpads out there which are still usefull
but may not have disks.
Sniff.
-STeve Andre'
On 11/29/12 14:39, Steve Carter wrote:
Large PATA/EIDE drive for T43
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Western Digital 320 GB Scorpio Blue
ATA-100, 5400 RPM, 8MB Cache
Notebook HD - model# WD3200BEVE
I bought one (for my T43p) on Amazon.
They are now getting harder to find,
so prices have crept upwards.
Presently $138 on Amazon,
and about half that on eBay.
Even though this is a 5400 RPM drive,
its sustained transfer rate matches
its ATA-100 (PATA) interface.
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On 11/29/12, someone wrote, in part:
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 12
From: "Paul A. Pennington" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Use thumb drive for ram?
Aryeh said:
< It seems that 320GB 2.5" hard disk drives with
< PATA interfaces are still made by Western Digital.
Do you have a link to those?
The only ones I could find were 3.5".
Paul Pennington
Augusta, Georgia
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