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From: ugbrent@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Brent LaVelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809,comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: Hard Drives
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Date: 16 Sep 88 17:46:11 GMT
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In-reply-to: bdw@rwing.UUCP's message of 13 Sep 88 21:21:45 GMT

In article <358@rwing.UUCP> bdw@rwing.UUCP (Brian Wright) writes:

   per track.  But, in order to use the latter, you must have a hard drive
   that is certified for RLL encoding.  Plus, the price difference isn't that
   much.  I glanced at an issue of Computer Shopper, and Hard Drives International
   has a 20 megabyte Seagate kit, w/controller and mounting hardware, for $244,
> and a 30 megabyte kit is $269.  The latter uses RLL encoding, and the media
> is certified for RLL use.  I will be ordering my kit from them, since that's
RLL is 1.5 times faster because it is 1.5 times more compressed and
the disk goes at the same speed.

> the best price that I've seen for complete kits.  It's really a godsend that
> we have Burke & Burke selling an interface that can use IBM XT controllers,
> since they're so durn common!
If you use RS-Dos B&B is a really really BAD idea.  It is cheaper and
less expensive too.  The B&B stuff is not very compatable beacuse the
os stuff competes with many programs.  I would buy the RGB systems
over the B&B.  The RGB dos fits behind rsdos (in memory) and before
super extended basic, so it VERY compatable with many programs.
Also it is much eaiser to use. Eg:DIR 42, BACKUP 120 TO 15.  It works
that well.  I could go on and on.  I have seen both and the RGB blows
away the B&B.  If you haven't got the disk yet and want to hear more
just yell.

					- Brent  LaVelle