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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Hard Drives (yet again)
Keywords: need advice
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Date: 8 Dec 90 17:19:40 GMT
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In <3931@corpane.UUCP>, sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:
>
>What I want: A hard drive / memory expansion box that will work on both
>the A1000 and the A500. The reason I want it to work on a 500 is that
>I plan on getting a 3000 in a year or so and will want to sell this HD.
>I figure I can sell a HD for the 500 easier and at a higher resell price
>than an A1000 only HD.
>
>I have looked at two brands so far: The Supra 500XP and the GVP Series II
>500-HD+. 
>
>I called Supra and they told me that it would work on an A1000. Does anyone
>out there have any advice on this brand? Does anyone know for sure if it
>really does work with the A1000?

If it works on the A500, it should work on the A1000. It will look a little
funny on the machine it wasn't designed for, facing backwards as it will, but
that's no biggie. Consider the A590 from CBM while you're at it.

>Email please as I figure most other readers of this newsgroup could care less
>about this. 

This question is so common, I figured I'd just post it.

-larry

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