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From: dvf@unhd.unh.edu (David V Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.audio
Subject: Query:  M.A.S.T., Fujitsu, Large capacity disk drives, DATs
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.062132.5430@unhd.unh.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 06:21:32 GMT
Organization: University of New Hampshire
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Greetings,

	I have been thinking for some time about acquiring a very large capacity
	disk drive.  Fujitsu seems to make a 672 Meg drive and even a 1.2 Gig
	drive.  Do they have any competition?  Does anyone have any experience
	with these products?  The only distributor that I am aware of that carries
	these drives is a mail-order firm called M.A.S.T.  I would appreciate
	hearing good or bad from anyone who has ever dealt with them.

	The primary reason I am interested in drives this large is to generate,
	manipulate and play sound samples up to an hour long.  With a little
	effort I have been able to play samples off my 40 meg drive limited only
	by the memory capacity of the drive.  I can't think of any reason why I
	would run into new difficulties with these much larger drives; can 
	anyone else?  I would be interested in hearing from anyone making
	computer music with the Amiga in roughly this way.  I would also be
	happy to share my simple double-buffering program (written in JForth)
	with anyone who wants it.

	Does anyone know a way to interface an Amiga with a DAT?  This is a
	possible less expensive (but less flexible) alternative for me.

	Please reply to D_FELDMAN@UNHH.UNH.EDU .

	Thank you very much in advance.

									David Feldman