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From: neilp@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Postlethwaite)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn,eunet.micro.acorn
Subject: SCSI on the A3000/Hard Disc Price Moan/Beebug
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Date: 18 Mar 91 15:29:47 GMT
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	With regard to the questions about SCSI cards/drives for the A3000,
the cheapest seems to be the Beebug 8 Bit card and 80Mb drive for #599
plus VAT which is round about 700 notes altogether. The next best is
I think a 85Mb drive plus card from HCCS at Newcastle for round about
#650 plus vat which is say 750 including. The only difference, apart
from 5Mb, is that the Series 2 HCCS cards are 16 Bit. I would take a look
at the Current Acorn User as the Series 1 HCCS range and a few others
are reviewed.

	For the price of between 700-800 pounds for a 'decent' capacity hard
disc, I'm tempted myself to trade the 3000 in for a brand spanking new
A410/1 with 4Mb/40Mb drive which is a common 'free with your A420/1 or
A410/1 computer' deal that's on the go currently.

	As a new topic of discussion, why are Arc SCSI cards (You get onee
free with the Mac Classic !) so expensive (only 4-5 chips) and why are
both STxxx and SCSI and IDE drives SO EXPENSIVE for the Arc. Similar
EXTERNAL drives for the PC are a damn sight cheaper. In the Computer
depot in Edinburgh, they have a 40Mb Mac SCSI drive on an A440/1.

	A further topic. From the above, Beebug actually supply a product
which is cheap compared to other dealers, for a change. Who actually
owns BEEBUG (BEEB Users Group as it used to be). It seems to have
gone from UG to Super dealer. Who's raking all the Wonga in ?????

	Your etc

	Neil Postlethwaite
	Heriot-Watt Univ
	Edinburgh.

P.S. Despite the section in Aprils BAU (Acorn PC section), no I AM NOT
     a MAC FAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
     And Yes Windows 3 is SH*T, compared to RISCOS !!!!