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From: cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu (John Cummins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Using a Seagate ST225 w/ ATARI 520ST
Message-ID: <1990Nov27.202912.23877@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 27 Nov 90 20:29:12 GMT
References: <1990Nov27.030001.3851@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Organization: Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
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I've used an MFM (IBM segate ST 225 type...) harddrive, and it was
a minor pain.  I had to buy

1)  Case/Power supply        ($110 brand new... can be had for $70 I suppose)
2)  Host adapter   (ICD's ran $110 brand new...)
3)  SCSI MFM HD Controller    ($80 or more)
4)  Misc cables...            ($15-20)
                              $315
Total cost     $300 or more in addition th the mechanism.

By going with an SCSI mechanism you save $10 in cables and $90 in the controller
card...

But if you can find an Ompti SCSI MFM controller or an Adaptec 4000A used...
and Ditto for the other parts... you can save at least 50%...

John Cummins    cummins@d.cs.okstate.edu