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From: perry@well.UUCP (Perry S. Kivolowitz)
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Subject: Re: Sidecar rumors, can anyone confirm?
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Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 11:09:28 EDT
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In article <1803@well.UUCP>, bj@well.UUCP (Jim Becker) writes:
> 
> harddisk heads check out the Byte by Byte booth in L.A. this weekend,
> if you are close. You may be suprised at what you see. I am using a 
> harddisk from them now and there is no alternative - floppies that
> used to be fast (compared to the Mac world) are super-dogs. Once you
> switch you will never quit... mark my works.

Yeah you might be surprised. Aren't they using the now defunct CBM/Conan
disk controller? The one with all the  hardware problems that have since
caused the manufacturer to drop the product?

I'm told that  disk  to  disk,  a  5Mbyte copy  took 15 minutes. That is
surprising. Hey, Jim. If BbB has switched to a  new controller we're all
ears. If not, and they're still showing a dead product well then....

Perry S. Kivolowitz