New Toshiba 1.8-inch 160-GB Harddrive
 
NeuroVal
Posted: 11 June 2008 06:24 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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From Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/11/toshibas-1-8-inch-160gb-disk-hits-5-400rpm-for-netbooks/

Think these’ll work in our TR’s?

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jefn
Posted: 11 June 2008 08:19 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Unfortunately it won’t work.

The 160GB drive has a Serial ATA (SATA) interface.

Your TR has a Parallel ATA (PATA) interface.

Sadly, I think PATA drives are destined to become extinct over time, in favor of SATA.

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Freundschaft
Posted: 01 September 2008 06:39 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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I would be interested if there were any adapter available for that :D

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