1 Mar
2004
1 Mar
'04
6:41 a.m.
Add a 3.5" drive to the Compaq.
The Portable and Portable 286 have enough room above the boards
to cut a hole to mount a 3.5" drive!
On Sun, 29 Feb 2004, Lyos Norezel wrote:
Does the bios of the Compaq support 3.5" drives?
well enough to use them on every machine that they have ever made
If it does then I'll start jerryrigging the power
wires.
If you do it wrong, you will cause serious damage
commercial adapters are readily available (Roger's, etc.)
The IDC cable should work as is.
If you are
referring to the FDC cable, the Compaq factory cable for that
model has a card-edge connector at the drive end (for 5.25" drives); you
need a dual row header (for 3.5" drives)