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- From: giovin@medr3.ecs.umass.edu (Rocky J Giovinazzo)
- Subject: Re: Hard Drives for Apple IIGS
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.151935.20383@risky.ecs.umass.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:19:35 GMT
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- In article <6936@news.duke.edu> you write:
- >I have an Apple IIGS with 1.25M of memory and I am looking at
- >purchasing a hard drive, although I have a couple of questions...
- >
- > o It looks like I'm going to order this by mail-order, what
- > companies/brands can anyone recommend? (I'm looking at
- > 40MB Hard Drives)
- >
- > o What other things will I need beside the hard drive itself?
- > (i.e. cards, etc.)
- >
- >Post responses here or email to sstein@afs.acpub.duke.edu
-
- You can get a GS-specific hard drive (like Vulcan) that requires
- no extra card-- just stick the whole thing in your machine.
- About 2 years ago, when I bought my drive, I found that Vulcan and
- others like this were extremely expensive. I bought an Apple SCSI
- card (about $120) and an external hard drive. It takes up
- more desk space, but it's much much cheaper. Plus the external hard
- drive I bought is a Quantum which is better (faster) than
- the internals you might find-- and is either #1 or #2 in MacUser
- buyer guides (or some Mac magazine).
-
- I bought my apple SCSI card from Programs Plus (slightly better price
- than Quality Computers, but almost the same at the time) and my
- hard drive from Hard Drives International. The price of the drive
- itself completely depends on the size you want. I bought a 52MB drive,
- ($300 at the time) but sort of wish I bought the 110MB drive (I think
- it was $400-$420). If you order a drive like this, make sure
- you specify that you want an external drive *WITH* a case and power
- supply. They might assume you're putting it in a Mac or something and
- don't need that stuff.
-
- You might also want to consider buying a RAMFast SCSI card instead of
- the Apple one. It's about $180 I think but apparently gives you faster disk
- access plus a bunch of other nice features. With RAMFast you're able
- to tell your computer to boot from different partitions (normally
- there is only 1 boot partition). ... and there's other stuff that I
- can't remember. You should ask someone with a RAMFast to give you
- more info.
-
- You can find the phone numbers for Programs Plus and Quality Computers
- in Incider/A+ (Quality will try to sell you their Q-drive which you
- might to look into also) and Hard Drives International's # is
- in most Mac magazines. Or... call 1-800-555-1212 and ask for
- their 800 numbers. I'm pretty sure Programs Plus got rid of their
- 800 number, so you'll have to call them in New Hampshire normally.
-
- When looking for the best price on your SCSI card, I would also check
- TMS Peripherals and Preferred Computing. Other places advertise in
- A+/Incide but the 5 names I've mentioned are all ones I've purchased
- things from.
-
- Rocky Giovinazzo
- giovinaz@hks.hks.com
-