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From: sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Sidecar (Actually cheap HardDisk)
Message-ID: <3698@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 04:50:59 EDT
Article-I.D.: amdahl.3698
Posted: Tue Sep 16 04:50:59 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Sep-86 09:05:31 EDT
References: <5242@decwrl.DEC.COM> <7091@sun.uucp> <2724@pogo.UUCP>
Reply-To: sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon)
Organization: Amdahl Corp, Advanced Systems Planning
Lines: 30
Keywords: SCSI Mac Disk
Summary: SCSI disks for the Mac are quite inexpensive

In article <2724@pogo.UUCP> richr@pogo.UUCP (Rich Rodgers) quotes article
<7091@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.uucp (Chuck McManis) in which Chuck said:

>... Unfortunately the parallel/SCSI conversion
>is built into the Drive unit so you can't just order the SCSI
>adapter but at $1500 it is less than say the Mac people have been
>paying for 20 Meg drives. ...

He then says:

> Boy, we get no respect.
> 
> My company is currently working on exactly what you are asking for to be
> manufactured by C Ltd. (formerly CardCo).  What it is is a SCSI card that
> attaches to the side of the Amiga (AND PASSES THE BUS!!!), a SCSI controller -
> hard disk -  power-supply combination all for retail of $995.  ...

The Dataframe 20 SCSI disk next to my Mac cost $930 from Computer Attic in
Palo Alto several months ago.  I have not checked their current price, but
Computer Ware of Palo Alto was asking $830 last week.  In the current
MacWorld, Jasmine Computer Systems of Mountain View wants $599 for their
Seagate ST-225 based SCSI drive for the Mac.  The price includes shipping.

MacMemory sells an SCSI add on for older Macs for $99.

I conclude Amiga hardware prices have a fair amount of room to fall.
-- 
Steve Langdon  ...!{decwrl,sun,hplabs,ihnp4,cbosgd}!amdahl!sjl  +1 408 746 6970

[I speak for myself not others.]