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From: drues@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Michael E. Drues)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Disk Drives for the 500 (revisited yet again)
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Date: 5 Dec 89 00:11:06 GMT
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Organization: Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Iowa State Univ.
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joe@dayton.UUCP (Joseph P. Larson) writes:

>I'm shopping for a hard drive for my A500.  I know this gets talked about

lots deleted.

>So -- anyone still care to suggest a larger drive?  Do I really need 30 or
>40 Meg and just not know it?  I'll be able to afford $550 a lot sooner than
>$800, given that I have to talk my wife into it, and she's been talking about

Well, when I purchased my SCSI hard drive for my A1000, (only talking
hard drive now, no controller, box, power supply, etc.), the difference
between a 32 Mb Segate drive and 48 Mb Seagte drive was about $30!!!
(from Treasure Chest though check Computer Shopper for best price).
For that little difference, there was NO contest - buy the bigger
drive.

>something.....  What are *you* doing that takes up all that space?
 
Obviously, you are not a TeXie (or should I say AmigaTeXie ?).  With
all my style files, HP LJII printer driver, etc., AmigaTeX occupies 
more than 20 Mb of my 48 Mb hard drive.  BTW, it is full now and there
is not a game to be found on it!!!  I even think now I should have
gotten an 85 Mb drive  [donations cheerfully accepted 8^) ].

Mike. 

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