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From: gargulak@mozart.convex.com (Tom Gargulak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Prestor harddrive controller (anyone got one?)
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Date: 4 Dec 90 14:46:49 GMT
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In article <1990Dec4.004838.4624@hub.cs.jmu.edu>, jmidili@hub.cs.jmu.edu
(jeff midili) writes:
> Anyone out there own or use a machine that uses the Prestor hard
> drive controller card?  It's supposed to double the disk space
> of a MFM harddrive.  I assume it uses a compression algorithm on 
> the fly, but I really don't know much about it.  I need another
> drive, but can't really afford one, does anyone have anything
> to say about these controllers?

The guy that wrote the book "Build your own 386 and Save a bundle"
(or something like that) used this to build his machine.  It can't 
be too bad.  I also read a favorable review about it recently but
cannot remember where.

BTW: you can buy from Prestor direct. 

-Tom