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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amy use of PS/2 WORM drives?
Message-ID: <1763@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Apr-87 03:36:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 27 03:36:12 1987
Date-Received: Tue, 28-Apr-87 01:04:22 EDT
References: <8704270104.AA03871@ingres.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <8704270104.AA03871@ingres.Berkeley.EDU> hatcher@INGRES.BERKELEY.EDU (Doug Merritt) writes:
>I just noticed in an IBM ad for PS/2's that they are announcing a 200Meg
>WORM drive (optical disk Write Once Read Many). This would be a handy
>thing to put on my Amiga!

>Anyone know 1) how much 2) what interface (SCSI I hope?) 3) whether they're
>shipping yet? Or other comments about hooking one up to an Amiga?

	- Availability is scheduled for 2'nd quarter, I don't believe they are
	  available currently.  Price BTW is ~$3000 for a single drive.

	- The drive is available with a PC/XT compatible interface card.  The
	  announcement doesn't mention SCSI, although it is a possiblity.  A
	  pretty good chance it would work with the A2088 bridge card, although
          the letter suggests that the card contains a BIOS mapped into a new,
	  non-standard location.

	- I'd assume once the cost on these things comes down to a more
	  reasonable level that someone will do a native mode controller.
	  It's a great match for the Amiga video capabilities...

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