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A 270 is hardly a "clunker" but the new 520 is a pretty good buy... (11k -- 29K)
Replacing disk drives is not even close to rocket science. The 270 and "almost" all follow on machines are designed as "do it yourself" to a large degree.
Here is the entire set of upgrade manuals for the 270.
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/iseries/v5r1/ic2924/v5r1hwpdf/pdf/model270.htm
Here is the 520 letter:
http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=897&letternum=ENUS104-163
The "Express Edition" appears to be the buy of the year...
Joe Pluta wrote:
It's a model 270, and the only problems I've ever had with it are the battery pack and the disk drives. I replaced the battery pack myself, and replacing a disk drive doesn't look like rocket science. The question is this: are there places to pick up disk drives for this machine? They show as four type 6717 model 074 drives (looks like about 6GB capacity) and one type 6717 model 070 (8GB).
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