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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Connecting Macintosh Hard Disks to Atari
Message-ID: <1991Mar24.104528.13341@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 91 15:54:03 GMT
References: <1991Mar23.002657.10286@leland.Stanford.EDU> <2127@netmbx.UUCP>
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zimm@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dylan Yolles) writes:
>my ST hard drive? How do I go about doing 2)? What is the chance
>that this won't work at all? (The hard drive I'm planning to connect
>is one of the Syquest 44 meg removable's; probably the one made
>by Jasmine.)

    ^^^^^^^

Huh?  I thought they were all made by Syquest!  I am soon to purchase one of
these units, any history/information would be appreciated.  I know that there
was an upgrade in design at some point, and that there is some way of telling
if a particular unit is the newer (better, faster) design or not.  Something 
about the color of LED's or something.  Also, it was announced that at least
two totally new mechs are to be introduced, one a 3.5" device, the other 
5.25" (like the old one), but capable of using both 120mb and the old 44mb 
cartridges.  When this occurs, they also announced that they will still sell 
the old 44mb-only mechs for $200 less (and the new 5.25" mech will cost the same
list price as the old).  Can anyone confirm any of this (it was gleaned mostly
from the nets, and Computer Shopper)?  Has anyone seen either of the two new
mechs, or more importantly a lower price on the old one?  Does Syquest have 
a 1-800 number?  What is the cheapest price quoted to you for just the bare 
mech (the lowest I have heard is $519)?
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