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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheap hard drives
Message-ID: <8134@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 88 16:53:35 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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I am on a quest for the cheapest 20 Meg I can find.

1.  I know the Wedge has been discussed here.  Does anybody have any
information about it?  Like, cost, name & address of company,
reliability, exactly what hardware you need besides the wedge board, 
might I have problems slapping it onto my Starboard2, etc...  Since 
this has been discussed, perhaps mail would be the best way to respond.

2.  Speaking of my Starboard2, I hear MicroBotics makes a SCSI interface 
for it called the StarDrive.  Anybody have info on this? (I mean besides 
their vague AmigaWorld ad.)  I priced SCSI drives in Computer Shopper, and I 
figure about $380 for a ST225N, and $90 for a power supply and case, plus 
the cost of the StarDrive, $130 list.  This comes to about $600, which is
better than a new Cltd or Supra, but I'd like to do better.  Is this all
the hardware I'll need?  Am I missing something obvious?  Subtle?  

3.  Any other suggestions?  I don't think I'm up to something like the
Palomax package.  It sounds a little too involved for a non-hardware
type with zero free time like me.  

Thanks,

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Eric Kennedy
ejkst@cisunx.UUCP