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From: skb@usl.usl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Advise on disk drives / UCSD Pascal
Keywords: UCSD Pascal, Apple II GS
Message-ID: <398@usl.usl.edu>
Date: 3 Aug 88 18:59:05 GMT
Reply-To: skb@usl.usl.edu.UUCP (Sanjiv K. Bhatia)
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Organization: CACS, Univ of SW La, Lafayette, LA
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[ I am posting the following message on behalf of a friend who does not have
access to network. ]

I have a copy of UCSD Pascal with the book telling me how to use it.  However,
I have to keep on changing the diskettes in the drive to edit, compile, and
execute the programs I write.  To make the matters worse, I have to transfer
files across the diskettes because compiler, editor, and execute files are on
different floppies.

I am a new user of this system.  My system's configuration includes a 5-1/4"
drive, a 3-1/2" drive, a printer besides the CRT.  Can someone over the net
advise me if I can buy a hard drive for my system and how much will the approx.
cost be for such a drive?  Will it help me if I have such a drive, especially
in the context of UCSD pascal?  Or will it be better if I go in for another
5-1/4" floppy drive?

Is there any way to use my existing system without having to change floppies
all the time?

I'll appreciate receiving a reply by e-mail since I do not read this group very
often.

Shammi Gupta