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From: stowe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (stowe)
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Subject: Re: Need answers for questions
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Date: 18 Feb 90 00:11:39 GMT
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In article <9002170530.AA19950@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> S54394GR@ETSUACAD.BITNET (Robert Gambs) writes:
>I have several questions and I hope someone can help me:
>
>First, is STart mag still out (I know St-log/analog went down recently) and if
>so, does anyone know why I am having so much trouble finding a copy?

Yes, STart is still available.  We get it at our store.  Do you have a Walden
or Dalton's bookstore?  Ours here also carry STart.

>Can anyone suggest a DS/DD ext drive for a 1040st (beside the 314)?  I need one
> that is very inexpensive and something that will hold up.  Has anyone heard
>of the BeaST drive?

Yes... the BeaST is a nice drive.  We sell the MaSTer drive at our store.
The main reason we chose the MaSTer over the BeaST is that the BeaST doesn't
have an output port... only input.  MaSTer has both.  The price is about
the same for both drives.  (They list around $230.  As an example, we carry
the MaSTer for $150.)  We've had many people who have been very happy.  The
MaSTer is only slightly larger than the BeaST.  (Certainly not significantly
so... it's 2"x4"x8".)  The MaSTer uses the Chinon mech.  The BeaST uses the
NEC.  (Same mech as in the GTS-100, so users of GCR may wish to beware.)
We have also sold the BeaST and have no reported problems as well.

Hope that helps!

Holly

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