05-30-16 13:46 Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Large HDD For W95

 WvV> {at}MSGID: 
 WvV> Hi Ed,
Howdy! Wilfred,
 WvV> On 2016-05-29 23:06:00, you wrote to All:

 EV> I am thinking about putting a HDD in an old W95 Notebook.

 EV> The 1.3 GB HDD that is in it has had problems and I quit using it
 EV> some time ago, but I've been thinking of changing the HDD out with
 EV> a larger one, but I have no idea how large of a HDD the W95 OS can use.

 EV> The HDD it has is a 12.5mm 2.5 inch Enhanced-IDE HDD, so I most likely
 EV> will have to find a used one, as I don't think 2.5" EIDE HDD's are
 EV> made anymore.

 EV> Any ideas?

 WvV> Transcend has a range of 2.5" Pata SSD's, if you're willing to spend
 WvV> the bucks:

 WvV> http://transcend-info.com/Embedded/Products/No-512

Thanks, I looked through their pages but didn't see a price on any of them,
So I clicked the Where To Buy link and looked for them at a couple of stores.
I saw one advertised at $30.00 USD for 1GB SSD but don't want to buy the
High Price Spread.

Thanks anyway.


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