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From: ctuel@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Cliff Tuel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: //c Hard drives (or: Save a SYSOP from going insane)
Message-ID: <10059@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 8 Apr 89 08:54:53 GMT
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shark@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Shark) said...
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|	Conserning the APPLE HARD DISK topic. How hard would it be to
|	buy a 10MB IBM compat. HD ($79.00 new), Bulid a interface card
|	for that APPLE and make it compatible with software drivers on
|	the market and USE IT. I think it's ridiculous to pay $595.00
|	for a refurbished 10 MB HD for the APPLE. 

In 1988 Perlin Electronics (which may or may not still be around) made a
card for $195 that let you use most IBM hard disks in an Apple //.  There
was a discussion on this approach in the August, 1988 issue of Open-Apple.
Some quotes:

	"We have received two letters from readers who have purchased
	this controller [from Perlin] -- the opinions ranged from 
	negative to extremely negative.  Complaints revolved around 
	the difficulty of getting the setup to work and on a lack of
	support from Perlin."

So, it CAN be done but it isn't easy.  And while we're on the subject of
hard disks, this was on the next page of the same Open-Apple:

	"I know you can notch a floppy disk and flip it over to get
	an extra 143K.  Can I notch my Sider hard drive, flip it over,
	and get another 10 megabytes of storage?

						Doug Smith
						Long Beach, NC 

	I had Dennis try it.  He reports he got 10 megabytes _less_
	storage."

Just one of the many reasons I love that rag!   2:-)

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