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From: turner@daisy.UUCP (D'arc Angel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: BMS controller package
Message-ID: <773@daisy.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 87 18:12:57 GMT
References: <945@ssc.UUCP>
Organization: The Houses of the Holy
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From article <945@ssc.UUCP>, by fyl@ssc.UUCP (Phil Hughes):
> 
> I have tme BMS controller.  It works fine (once we found the bugs but
> that was almost a year ago).  The only question I have about it is does
> it actually cost less.  You need to buy the interface and controller
> ($250, I think), then get a drive, box and power supply.
> No problems putting it together but when you are done you probably
> could have bought a Supra or Atari drive.
> -- 
> Phil Hughes, SSC, Inc. P.O. Box 55549, Seattle, WA 98155  (206)FOR-UNIX
>     uw-beaver!tikal!ssc!fyl or uunet!pilchuck!ssc!fyl or attmail!ssc!fyl


agreeded, I alway felt the advantages of the BMS solution were:

1. It came with a battery backed-up real time clock

2. It supports two hard disks on the same controller

3. If and when i wanted to upgrade to a larger disk, i just unplugged
the old one and plugged the new one in

as to cost, be creative, most cities support at least one good used
electronic surplus/salvage store

-- 
Laissez les bons temps rouler                     -  Queen Ida
...{decwrl|ucbvax}!imagen!atari!daisy!turner (James M. Turner)
Daisy Systems, 700 E. Middlefield Rd, P.O. Box 7006, 
Mountain View CA 94039-7006.                          (415)960-0123