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From: dmk2@homxc.UUCP (D.KUSTER)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: hard drive kits
Summary: recommendations wanted
Message-ID: <4608@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 15 Dec 88 15:27:26 GMT
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Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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greetings all,
I am looking to add a hard disk to my 520ST system, and 
I'm wondering if it is worth building one from a kit.
I know ICD and Berkeley Microsystems make complete kits
where you supply the hard drive mechanism and they supply
everything else.  I don't have a hard drive unit so I
would have to buy one.  Have any of you had any experience
with either of these company's kits?  How hard/easy are
they to build?  Is there a significant cost savings over
just buying a complete drive unit?  
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

dan