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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: 2 questions re: Vulcan
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Date: 24 Jun 89 07:02:34 GMT
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In article <8906200236.AA26408@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-sol!pro-nucleus!hzink@nosc.mil writes:
>Network Comment: to #1689 by Tabakal@UB.CC.UMICH.EDU
>
>Concerning the AI spoof of the AE Vulcan ad, I have to say that I was very
>amused.  A lot of attention to detail has gone into the creation of this ad,
>and it is pretty much right on.  let's not forget that AI had an internal
>drive for the GS way before AE even announced theirs, and that AE's drive
>looks *remarkably* similar to the AI product (no, there isn't just one way to
>make an internal hard drive).  Except for being about $200 more expensive, I
>see no difference at all between the AI and the AE product.

Well, one difference is that the Vulcan drive can read Dos 3.3 plus Pascal
1.3 and CP/M and I think something else, while the InnerDrive can only read
ProDOS (and GS/OS).

Dos 3.3 (the only one of the extra ones I'm really interested in) isn't
worth $200 more to me...But it probably would be worth $50 more to me, when
I eventually buy a hard drive.

Are both the InnerDrive and the Vulcan drive only sold through the manu-
facturer? I've not seen either in mail order ads, but it's too early for the
Vulcan one probably. 

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