Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!sri-unix!teknowledge-vaxc!uw-beaver!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!manis
From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Two questions on ST add-{o|i}ns
Message-ID: <868@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 24-Feb-87 21:38:56 EST
Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.868
Posted: Tue Feb 24 21:38:56 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 27-Feb-87 06:45:40 EST
Reply-To: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis)
Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science
Lines: 26

I'm considering two purchases over the next few months, and I was wondering
if I could get some input:

a) a company called Terrific advertises a clock chip which mounts underneath
   some chip on the motherboard. I remember the warning from Neil Harris on
   the dangers of the Logikhron (as I remember, it occasionally trashed hard
   disks); has anybody had any experience with the Terrific chip (or any
   other clock)?

b) I'm also considering buying a hard disk. The two alternatives seem to be
   the Atari SH204 and the Supra 30Meg drive, which Computer Mail Order 
   advertises at about US$100 more than the Atari drive. Is the Supra a good
   buy? Is it reliable? Is it faster than, the same speed as, or slower than
   the SH204? The Berkeley Microsystems drive is also a possibility, but 
   the prices I've seen seem a little out of my leage.

I'd appreciate any comments on either of these topics.

-----
Vincent Manis                {ihnp4!alberta,uw-beaver}!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!manis
Dept. of Computer Science    manis@cs.ubc.cdn
Univ. of British Columbia    manis%ubc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa  
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1W5      manis@ubc.csnet
(604) 228-6770 or 228-3061

"BASIC is the Computer Science equivalent of 'Scientific Creationism'."