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From: bobh@pedsgd.UUCP (Bob Halloran)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: ST winchesters
Message-ID: <159@pedsgd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 14:30:37 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 14:30:37 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Jun-85 03:00:55 EDT
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Organization: Perkin-Elmer, Tinton Falls, NJ
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An item in the announcements column of the June Mini-Micro Systems
talks about two low-cost 3 1/2 inch winchesters being worked up by
Tandon.  The 20Mb will go for $300 in OEM lots; the 10Mb, which is
specifically mentioned as 'planned for use by Atari in the ST series',
will 'sell for less than $100 in large OEM quantities'. 

Access time given for the drives is 85 ms, comparable to the PC-XT
(and for that matter, the AT&T 7300).  If the above holds true,
Tramiel's 'boasts' on low-cost hard disks don't seem nearly so
wild.

						Bob Halloran
						Sr MTS, Perkin-Elmer DSG
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