Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : StormTrooper
From : boraxman
Date : Tue May 03 2022 21:49:25

 St>  bo>  pF> You can find PATA SSDs that'll work; I had a 64GB SSD in mine, a
 St>  bo>  pF> gave  me a couple of more years of usefulness out of it.
 St> 
 St>  bo> I just installed a 320G PATA hard drive in the machine.  I chose that
 St>  bo> instead of an SSD for space and price.  Probably should have got the
 St>  bo> SSD, but to be honest, the hard drive is fast enough.  I hibernate it
 St>  bo> so boot time is not a problem.
 St> 
 St> I'm a tad surprised you can still find them.. I assume they're not new. 
 St> There are plenty of SATA -> PATA adapters out there.. 
 St> 
 St> ST

I did consider the adapter, but was a little unsure of whether it would work on the Thinkpad, as this model already has some type of PATA-SATA adapter on the board, and it may not play nice.  Also there is the unknown factor of whether the drive will fit in the chassis.

The 320G drive certainly looks to be pristine and smartctl reports 9 power on hours, which would be me using it.

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