Hi T3000,
I have the PAR card too. The biggest IDE hard drive that you can use with it is 4 Gigs. You can still get these drives new on eBay for less then $20.00. You can use any IDE hard drive with the PAR card, just as long as it is not larger then the 4 Gig limit. You can record up to 1.5 hours of animation on a 4 Gig hard drive. I would recommend using the Seagate hard drive, they are the best and fastest hard drives. :-)