Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!rochester!rit!ultb!clf3678 From: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Comparing Apple and Atari peripheral prices Summary: Apples are hard to hack Message-ID: <1855@ultb.isc.rit.edu> Date: 4 Jan 90 16:03:00 GMT References: <9001030900.AA27398@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Reply-To: clf3678@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.L. Freemesser) Organization: Information Systems and Computing @ RIT, Rochester, New York Lines: 33 > "Find a 3rd party Apple floppy drive that is totally compatible with > the Apple drives, and I'll show you a snowball that survived a trip > through hell.... " > >I don't have personal experience with third party Apple floppy drives so I >can't argue this point. I'm only familiar with the Mac line, and have spe- >cifically limited my comments to this. Are you referring to Mac or Apple >II drives? What are you basing this statement on? A friend of mine is an Apple enthusiast, and he has told me all about the incompatibility problems with Apple drives. Since the Mac uses a non-standard variable speed drive, making one yourself will be very difficult. Also, the fact that the Mac uses an electronic eject while everybody else uses a manual eject will complicate the problem even more. >BTW, did your $350 include a new drive, cables, casing and power supply >in addition to the Adaptek and ICD host adapter? (ICD host adapter: $136., >Adaptek controller: $90-140. = >$226 leaves $124 for 20 Meg mech, >power supply and case.) Yes, it included a brand new ICD Host adapter ($100), an Adaptec 4000 ($85), a Seagate ST-225 mech ($120), a power supply and case, and all needed cables. I must admit that I got the mech from a friend of mine who owns a computer store, and pulled the 225 out of a machine he was upgrading. The rest of the stuff was purchased from mail order houses, and YOU TOO can get them at this price. Chris Freemesser, Rochester Institute of Technology :BITNET:%clf3678@RITVAX ||| ____________ :GEnie: C.FREEMESSER ||| /___ / (and 8-bit too!) :USENET: clf3678@rit.isc / | \ ______/ / : .edu Call the A.C.O.R.N BBS (716)436-3078, 300/1200 baud :<-or my BBS