Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcilzb!daves From: daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Hard Drive Controllers Message-ID: <2030178@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Date: 26 Apr 89 17:24:10 GMT References: <1813@aucs.UUCP> Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA Lines: 47 Larry, >In <2030176@hpcilzb.HP.COM>, daves@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Dave Scroggins) writes: >> Along these same lines -- what do folks recommend when it comes to >> the drives themselves? I am droolong (slobber) over the prospect >> of getting a 2000 soon. I would like to know the advantages or >> disadvantages of the 3.5" vs 5.25" hard drives. >> (ie 40 MB vs 65MB) I'm leaning toward the 5.25" so far. >> The access times are said to be the same, about 40 ms. (I think) >Huh? 3.5" drives come in many sizes and access times, as do 5 1/4" drives. My >smallest 3.5" is 10 megs, same as my smallest 5 1/4" drive. My largest 3.5" >drive is 96 megs, which is 20 megs more than my largest 5 1/4" inch drive. Ummm yeah -- so!?!? >The physical size, within the price range that most hobbyists are likely to >want, doesn't make a whole lot of difference, except for the amount of room >they take up. >Likewise for access times... they are all over the map, in both 3.5 and 5 1/4". Ummm yeah -- so!?!? I'm sorry Larry - maybe it's because the kid kept me up last night or something, but I just don't seem catch the point your trying to make here. A quick peek at the price list of AMIGA compatible hard disks will show what you have told me. Let me give a few more bits of info. There are two drives I am considering, one a 3.5" 40 MEG and the other a 5.25" 65 MEG. The price of the two drives I am considering is also the same. They both go inside the 2000 box. I haven't heard of anyone who uses a 5 1/4" HD with their AMIGA. I was just fishing for a possible reason why. It seems to me that if I can get 25 MEG more room for the same price then why not go for the 5 1/4" drive. This is particularly true if I end up filling the thing up like I do at work. (450 MEGs and still could use more.) Sorry if I wasn't clear with my question. Dave S.