Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov!tab00.larc.nasa.gov!scott From: scott@tab00.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Yelich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari ST and accessories... Message-ID: Date: 15 Sep 90 18:21:57 GMT References: <36277@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> <1990Sep15.022722.1246@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov (USENET File Owner) Distribution: na Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va. 23665 Lines: 26 In-Reply-To: ekrimen@csuchico.edu's message of 15 Sep 90 02:27:22 GMT >Carter Graphics and Computers (1-801-628-6111) of George, Utah, has >this drive for $359. I'm sure better deals could be found in >Computer Shopper. No, you don't get public domain software with it, >but then most people who see this ad can get all the PD stuff they >want from atari.archive or comp.binaries. Furthermore, NeoDesk and >Flash are not PD! Quick ST isn't either if it's version 2.0 or >higher. I have purchased two drives from the net... a 32meg rll and a 65meg rll and both reportedly had pd atari st software on them. Neither were recognized when I finally had the system up.... so I just reformatted. I would not place ANY value on pre-loaded used hard drives... -- Signature follows. [Skip now] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott D. Yelich scott@[xanth.]cs.odu.edu [128.82.8.1] After he pushed me off the cliff, he asked me, as I fell, ``Why'd you jump?'' Administrator of: Game-Design requests to ODU/UNIX/BSD/X/C/ROOT/XANTH/CS/VSVN/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------