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From: phil@sivax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: What to buy after a ROM upgrade?
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Date: Tue, 8-Jul-86 12:37:14 EDT
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> In article <4783@sun.uucp>, chuq@sun.uucp (Chuq Von Rospach) writes:
> > On the GOOD side, you can get 800K disk drives pretty cheaply.  ComputerWare
> > in Palo Alto has the DataSpace 800K for $219.  If you sell your old external
> > (I just did, so there is a market) you can get the 800K for a very small
> > differential, assuming your external is in good shape.
> So tell us, Chuqui, how much did you get for your 400K external?  around here
> they seem to be usable mainly as doorstops.  There's been one listed in our
> local (Madison, Wisconsin) paper for over two weeks.
>
> Who bought or would buy a 400K external?  (I know, someone who isn't upgrading
> to an Enhanced or Plus; where do/did you find them)
> 
Alot of people buy 400K externals, so they can be sure of running most old
software, some DID come out with disk speed control mods and such.  Also, an
old drive will STILL make a more reliable copy of some copy prot S/W using
Copy II mac, than a new one.

The best example is Ultima ///.  An old drive has no problems, a new one gives
'Overwrote beg. of track' errors on tracks 5?,6,7,8,9?.  The copy is still 
good, but the error obviously means SOMETHING didn't copy 100% right.

Phil Hunt
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