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From: ler@lerami.UUCP (Larry Rosenman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: re: Cheap Hard Drives
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Date: 21 Nov 88 00:46:01 GMT
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In Article <2570@m2-net.UUCP> ba@m-net.UUCP (Bill Allen) writes:

>Does anyone know how one such computer shop in TX can offer
>complete hard drives, the SCSI host controller, the case,
>the power supply, and the hard disk with prices like:
>                       A500/1000        A2000
>               20meg     $639           $539
>               40meg     $799           $749
>               65meg     $879           $799
>This is 50% less than any other drives I've seen offered.

These prices seem totally reasonable to me, as I paid the following prices
about six months ago:

	Surplus ST-251 (Seagate 40meg)   $250
	Commodore a-2090                 $300 (or so)

so those prices seem in the right ball park, even though the ST-251 is 
a ST-506 type drive.

Larry Rosenman

P.S. This is the first UseNet posting from my Amiga... We can really do it!



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