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From: dragon@olivej.olivetti.com (Give me a quarter or I'll touch you)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
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Date: 1 Feb 88 19:46:09 GMT
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in article <2562@ihlpe.ATT.COM>, daryl@ihlpe.ATT.COM (Daryl Monge) says:
> In article <10401@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>, bdb@beach.cis.ufl.edu (Brian David Bisson) writes:
>> I have had my 8-bit for a while now, an ATARI 1200XL, and the one Rana smart
>> drive I have just is not enough.  I am interested in Hard Drives for the
>> Atari, working with them alot on IBM PCs at work, and see their advantages
>> clearly.  Could someone tell me their availability and approxomate new/used
>> cost?  Also where I could get docs on memory upgrades here in Florida.
  
> By far the best route has to be the ICD MIO/SCSI disk combination.  Plus it
> has the advantage of having a SCSI disk you can put on a future ST for just
> the cost of the controller (ICD has one of those too!)
  
> You can't go wrong with ICD.
  
> Daryl Monge				UUCP:	...!ihnp4!ihcae!daryl
> AT&T					CIS:	72717,65
> Bell Labs, Naperville, Ill		AT&T	312-979-3603



Unfortunately, the MIO only works on 130XEs/800XLs and I *think* the 600XL.
The Supra board is in the same boat.  I can only suggest to Brian that he
may need to upgrade/downgrade (depending on how you look at it) his machine
before pursuing this further.


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