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From: VBRANDT@DBNUAMA1.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Question about the new Atari harddisks
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Date: 23 Nov 88 12:36:20 GMT
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A few weeks back, Atari has introduced several new products on the German
market. I like the way they've done it much more than what they used to do
earlier, in fact, it was a bit too noiseless for me. :-)

The most important new products are the Megafile 40 and the Megafile 60, both
are hard disks based on the SH205 (now dubbed 'Megafile 20') with 40 resp. 60
MB capacity.

While the new 2080ST (= 1040ST w/2MB RAM) is yet but a rumour, the Megafile 40
and 60 do exist, prices are available, and my dealer says I could order one any
time I liked. :-)

Now my question is: what drives are inside these new Megafiles? Do they still
have the same SCSI adaptor/controller that's in the SH205? Or is it an RLL
type?  How fast are the drives (28 ms??)?

The one I'm mostly interested in is the Megafile 60, which I might buy, depen-
ding on how much it'll cost me (DM 1995 list price is a little to high) and
how much I get for my old SH204 (anyone interested?).

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