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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Getting a Hard Drive
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Date: 5 May 88 20:36:26 GMT
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In article <15377@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> (Thomas Sarver) writes:
> I'm interested in getting a ST506 controller for my A1000.

Nothing is available commercially that costs less than a similar SCSI
interface. ST506 is officially a dinosaur. Those cheap PC drives you
see advertised are nothing more than a mechanisim. You must add 
	Power Supply, Casework, Software, Cables, etc.

The quest for a 'PC cost' drive is a holy grail and unattainable in the
next 12 months. You are welcome to spend the necessary cycles to come to
this conclusion yourself.

--Chuck McManis
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These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you.