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From: c60a-2di@e260-2d.berkeley.edu (The Cybermat Rider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Removable HDs
Summary: Request for info
Keywords: hard drives removable
Message-ID: <18600@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 28 Dec 88 00:01:14 GMT
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As the amount of software (particularly languages 8-) in my possession
threatens to reach overwhelming proportions, I've decided to invest my money
in a hard drive.  However, given my propensity for accumulating software
(all of it in a legal fashion, thank you 8-) as well as the number of
languages I have, I'd like to get a removable HD system for reasons of
expandability and ease of organization.

After browsing the popular Amiga mags, I've come up with three alternatives
(references posted for informational purposes):

	* Comspec's BN 20 Bernoulli 20MB
	  (Transactor for the Amiga V1#4)

	* Pioneer Computing's PRD-44 44MB Removable Winchester
	  (Amazing Computing Nov 88)

	* Supra's SupraDrive FD-10 10MB Floppy
	  (AmigaWorld Nov 88)

Could anyone who has experience with any of the above please advise on the
following:

	- Auto-boot capability
	- Access times w/ respect to popular HDs
	- Operational problems/reliability
	- Compatibility with my system (Amiga 500 w/ 2 drives, 501 expansion)
	- Value-for-money (very subjective, so general comments please)

Any e-mail replies will be summarized to the net if significant.  However,
please note that my present account will disappear at the end of January.

Thanks very much!

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Adrian Ho a.k.a. The Cybermat Rider	  University of California, Berkeley
c60a-2di@web.berkeley.edu
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