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From: PEARSON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
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Subject: SASI interface for IBM
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Date: Mon, 10-Oct-83 11:03:22 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 10 11:03:22 1983
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From:  William Pearson <PEARSON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>


Having just purchased an IBM-PC, I am interested in getting a hard disk
cheap.  It seems to be possible to get a hard disk drive from $350 - $800,
and a controller for $150 - $300, but I am not certain how to connect
these to the IBM-PC.  I notice that some manufacturers advertize that their
multifunction board parallel port can be used as a hard disk interface (SASI)
and wonder if this is a general property of IBM-compatible parallel ports
(I would think not) or if they can be modified.

	I am also curious whether the Tall Tree JFORMAT programs can help
me put a homebrew hard disk on my machine.

Bill Pearson

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