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From: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: A Plea for SCSI
Message-ID: <683@viper.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 19:50:04 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 16 19:50:04 1987
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Reply-To: john@viper.UUCP (John Stanley)
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I also would like to put in my 3 cents worth on the subject....

I was also very disapointed when, after waiting for the "new Atari ST
machines with a built-in hard disk interface" (what was originaly
quoted as being in the new machines), I hear storys about how you have
to get a "special" drive(s) to use with the ST.  I bought my ST, got
a Supra hard disk and am in general pleased, -but-, there is -NO-
reason I can think of for the ST's (or especially the new TT's) to
continue to ignore a well established standard in favor of a poorly
documented DMA port that nothing in the known universe (except ST
peripherals) can use.

  The SCSI standard would give expanded capabilities at reduced cost
(remember someone saying something about "Power without the price!"??).
The current crop of ST hard disks, while a great acomplisment by the
people who are dealing with slower drives to allow for the necessary
protocol translations, are inferior to the standard run-of-the-mill
SCSI drives available in larger capacities at -much- lower cost...

  If you're going to provide "standard printer ports" and "standard
RS-232 ports" then for gods sake, -why- not support a well established
DMA/hard-disk standard???

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John Stanley (john@viper.UUCP)
Software Consultant - DynaSoft Systems
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