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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

5.0. "Looking for external drive..." by PYRITE::MCCARTHY () Thu May 01 1986 20:15

    I'm looking for an external drive for my Amiga.  Is there anyone
    selling them for less than the $295 list price?  I'm sick of 
    swapping disks.
    
    Mike
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5.1 SourcesNUHAVN::SORKINFri May 02 1986 15:522
      Computer Town was closing them out for $198.......also some
    activity on Usenet about building one from $100 drive yourself.
5.2 $212 APOLLO::BERKSONTue May 27 1986 16:452
      Club Computer in Harvard Square is selling them for $212.
    
5.3Correction - 5.2APOLLO::BERKSONWed May 28 1986 13:102
    RE: 5.2 - Sorry about that  - Club Computer has them for $221 for
    students and $250 for other people. Get out your old IDs.
5.4how about a 5-1/4 ??MTBLUE::PFISTER_ROBTue Jun 16 1987 15:0413
    I have assisted people in building 5-1/4" drives from IBM-pc drives,
    but didn't have the $$ to build on myself at the time. 
     
    if you can get a good deal on a 96-tpi ibm-pc drive, you can build
    the unit for the cost of a power supply ($5.00?) and some jelly-bean
    parts, like AND gates, and the connectors.  The total cost of the
    unit I helped build was about $50.  Worked with transformer fine,
    and as an 880K amiga-dos disk
    
    I could scrounge up the plans if anyone is interested, I plan on
    building one eventually.
    
    -Robb
5.5BAGELS::BRANNONDave BrannonTue Jun 16 1987 21:197
    re: plans, i'm interested...
    
    any particular brands & model numbers you recommend/don't recommend?
    (shopping for a good deal, wondering if all 96-tpi drives are of
     equal quality)
    
    -dave
5.6Yet Another External Drive Question.DNEAST::SEELEY_BOBFri Feb 24 1989 19:0011
    I thought that I'd revive this old note.  I'm in the process of
    purchasing a new external 3 1/2 drive for my A500.  I have seen
    the approximate price range through recent magazine ads.
    My question is: are there any drives that I should avoid?
    I realize that drain on the A500's supply must be minimal, 
    and it would be nice to have a passthrough, but are there any 
    real dogs out there?  I'd like to by the least expensive one 
    I could put my hands on, if it were reliable.  Any opinions or 
    experiences in the Great Collective Mind of the notesfile?