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From: AHDINW01@ulkyvx.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A500 Harddrives
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Date: 9 Jul 90 04:18:00 GMT
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Networld:

I am looking for a harddrive/ram expansion for my A500.

Specifications sought (in order of importance):
   *  40-80 Meg storage capability
   *  Cheap
   *  Autobooting
   *  NON-DMA transfer
   *  Ram expansion possibilities (for long term)
   *  transfer rates of about 400+ Kbytes/sec (speed not absolutely critical)

Answers to any or all of the following would be helpful.  ( Please email to me
also since the mailer here eats mosts of the news ).

-  I am VERY interested in the new SupraDrive 500 XP, does anyplace carry this?
-  The Trumpcard is cheap, somebody want lists features, opinions?
-  What store consistently sells reliably and cheaply?
-  What controllers are preferred (quality, performance, and price)?
-  What controllers autoboot and whose memory, if added, autoconfigures?
-  It is unclear in some adds if additional power supplies and casing is
   neccessary.  Therefore, which packages come complete and which have hidden
   costs?
-  How much do the ram expansion board cost unpopulated for the various drives?
-  What kind of system performance increase can be realized with the super
   Fat Agnus under 1.3 besides the added features the chip inherently give.
-  Can the A590 be purchased with a larger drive.

*  What harddrive is recommended for my needs?


                              Thanks in advance to any of the above responses:


                              Aaron Dinwiddie
                               ==> Agima <==


BTW, do educational discounts exist for HD systems (ie. Supra).