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From: ravi@mcnc.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Questions re. hard disks, clocks, and neil harris.
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Date: Wed, 10-Sep-86 15:45:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 10 15:45:22 1986
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Hi People,
		Question time again.  I'd appreciate anything anyone
could tell me.  Please reply directly to me or to the net, whichever
you prefer (I think these are questions of reasonably general interest).

1) Hard disks:  I'm interested in getting a 20Mb hard disk.  I've
heard that the Supra hard disk is superior to the Atari hard disk, but
I do not know any more.  How do the two disks compare in terms of

	1) Speed
	2) Convenience, ie. size, installation.
	3) Compatibility.  Someone told me that the reason I should choose 
	   the Atari disk is because it will remain 'compatible'  over 
	   future versions of ROMS, etc.  Is the Supra any different? Others 
	   have said that the Supra is nicer because it has a longer cable, is 
	   smaller, faster etc.  Comments?
	4) Price.  I've heard of a discount offer by Atari to students
	   that'll make their disk available for about $640.  How does
	   the Supra disk compare price-wise?


2) Clock cards:  I've recently heard of two alternatives to the
   Logikhron clock cartridge:  One is the piece from No Solder
   Required (the Timesaver) mentioned by Neil Harris, which plugs 
   under the U2 ROM.  Has anyone used it?  I couldn't get hold of the
   company, does anyone happen to have a phone number?

	The other is the stuff mentioned in Jerry Pournelle's column
in last month's BYTE, from Mind Mine.  Their card plugs somewhere into
the key board, and runs off a pair of Nicads, good for about 7-8 days
without powering up the ST.  The batteries charge up when the machine
is powered up, etc.  At $55 (including shipping), its doesn't seem
that great a deal; does anyone know if it works well, etc?  


3)  Neil Harris:  I've tried contacting him a couple of times, but
I always get a message from 'lll-crg' saying that 'vecpyr' is an
unknown host, ie. the message gets as far as lll-crg, then it says

	'vecpyr!atari!neil' is unknown.  Please let me know if there
is an alternate path to 'atari'.  

	Well, that's it.  Thanks in advance for your comments.  If I
get enough letters on a subject, I'll summarise to the net.  

						-ravi

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