R: Working HD for a IBM PS/2 model 30

Hi, thanks for your answers. Tom, the drive of mine friend who live in Los Angeles, has an ISA-like 44 pins connector so I thought that while it is possible to find an used working old drive, you maybe have to pay more for it, you could have doubt if it works really, or it could hard to find it cause its strange old connector. https://www.flickr.com/photos/chefelf/2472982139/ I will suggest her to look well around where she lives. Enrico -----Messaggio originale----- Da: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] Per conto di Tom Gardner Inviato: venerd? 6 marzo 2015 23:02 A: cctalk at classiccmp.org Oggetto: RE: Working HD for a IBM PS/2 model 30 Enrico: If it isn't broke don't fix it. U likely have a perfectly good controller for any ST412 type MFM HDD controller. Why would you even consider and IDE or SCSI drive when there are many good refurbished MFM drives available at capacities well above the 20 MB you are replacing. Personally I would look for a Maxtor or a Quantum drive staying away from the stepper motor types, like the one u are replacing. Just Google, "MFM HDD drive for sale" Select anyone that claims an ST412 interface from a reputable vendor, I bet u can even find one in Italy :-) Tom -----Original Message----- From: Enrico Lazzerini [mailto:enrico.lazzerini at email.it] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2015 5:57 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: Working HD for a IBM PS/2 model 30 Hi at all, a friend of mine, has an old working IBM PS/2 model 30. She needs to change its broken hard disk that is a IBM 20mb Part number 72x7568, model WDI-325Q. The broken hard disk is similar to this: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chefelf/2472982139/ and its cable is like this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chefelf/2473802378/ Well this cable has 44pins and it cabled in different way from modern IDE cables. THe 44pins cable is described here: http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/misc/IBM_IDE.html Well the question is: if she can't find a working used hard disk for this machine, how could she solve for connect a new hard disk (i suggested to use a ide to cf adapter with a 32mb max cf card, but the ide connector has 40 pins so it should necessary to realize a specified cabling from the ps/2 hard disk connector to the ide to cf card connector) Thanks in advance Enrico