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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: Need a hard disk...
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.001601.13603@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 00:16:01 GMT
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In article <1991Mar5.003810.21224@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> aasg7935@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Anton A Sanderfoot) writes:
>Hello,
>
>	I've had a MacSE for about a year now, and after upgrading the memory
>a while ago, I've decided I need a hard disk. I don't think I need anything
>too big, a 20Mb is probably large enough. What I need to know is where I
>might get a good and inexpensive drive. Through educational discount, I can
>get a HD20 from Apple for about $450. Is this a good deal, or can I get a
>second manufacturers hard disk for less, and if so, is it a real pain to hook
>up and use. Thanks if you can point me in the right direction, please respond
>to me by e-mail.

Well, 20MB is almost certainly not enough (no number you can mention is enough)
But I think you can get _40_ megabytes for cheaper than that.  Check the
ads in the back of MacWorld and MacUser.

They are easy to set up, involving one cable, one 'terminator', and one
power cord.
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