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From: david1@aluxe.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: disk-drive comparison
Message-ID: <1273@aluxe.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 14:06:00 EST
Article-I.D.: aluxe.1273
Posted: Fri Jan 13 14:06:00 1984
Date-Received: Sun, 15-Jan-84 00:11:29 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Allentown, PA
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Well, I've been doing some research on which disk-drive to buy for
my 800.  These are the observations that I've heard:

Rana 1000 - From comments on the net and people I know who have
            recently purchased them, I've concluded that there
	    have been various problems in operating them ($320)

Trax	    I've heard there's alot of rfi noise on tv screens 
	    Built-in printer port ($380)

Percom	    reliable but expensive, built-in printer port ($450)

Indus	    power supplies have started to burn 
            Comes with software - word processing, spreadsheet
	    and file manager ($450)

Atari 1050  reliable, but dos III isn't out yet, and without it you
            can't use the "enhanced" density ($350)


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