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From: jhs@MITRE-BEDFORD.ARPA
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Subject: disk drives, question on...
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Date: Sun, 15-Nov-87 18:23:44 EST
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Can anyone give me an update on disk drives available for the Atari 8-bitters?
In particular, is the new Atari 5.25-inch drive available yet, and if so,
for what price (and who is selling it)?  Is it a Double Sided drive, by the
way?  Who else makes DS/DD drives (Astra is the only one I have seen)?
Does anybody have any strong recommendations pro or con on any of the SS/DD
drives out there, e.g. Astra, Percom, Indus?  How about recommendations on
DD upgrades for 1050s, e.g. U.S. Doubler or Happy?  If I want to upgrade
a couple of 1050s and also buy one or more new drives, what would be the
best, most compatible approach?

What's the best deal going on hard disks for the 8-bitters?  Has anybody done
a SCSI interface so one can use IBM-PC hard drives?

I trust the answers will be useful to the net at large, so if any answers are
sent to me directly, I will summarize them to the net.  Thanks for any help
anyone can give.

-John Sangster, jhs@mitre-bedford.arpa