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From: jalkio@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: MAC HDs, Music recording, etc.
Message-ID: <4302.276d5285@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 17 Dec 90 23:19:32 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
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Here some questions about HDs, Music and program development:

I bought MacWorld to check the 600MB SCSI HD prices.

There seems to be some Wrens and some Fujitsus costing about $2000
(external, some with international power supply).

Are these drives reliable (I guess they are since I have understood that
NeXT uses them).

If these drives are advertised for Macs, is it possible to use them
with a NeXTStation without any problem? (With appropriate cabel, of course.)

I am getting a NeXTStation with 105MB HD and I will soon get an additional
600MB HD. This should be enough for program development and music
composing? 

Is 8MB RAM enough? (I don't care, if the machine had to use
virtual memory now and then.) Upgrading would be quite expensive since I
have understood that I would have to buy 4 4MB SIMMS.

Is it possible to play 16bit 44.1kHz stereo samples from the 16ms SCSI
Hard disks on the NeXT? (This way I could master record at least 15 minutes of
music on my future NeXT easily.) How about recording (with Ariel digital
microphone, for example)?


			Thanks,   Jouni