Re: Hard Disc Prices AGAIN!

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From: I.D. Griffiths
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:04

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In article <C15zKJ.7K1@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>, pss@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Mr. P.S. Spencer) writes:
|> The question was: is there any reason why I can't buy a hard disc from a
|> PC dealer (which means that it would be almost half the price in some
|> cases) and, provided I've made sure that it drives the disc, buy a
|> controller card from an Acorn dealer. If there is no reason why this
|> won't work, then I should be able to get a 170Mb IDE for about $350 (no
|> pound sign on this terminal) inc VAT and delivery!
|> 

Absolutely no reason why not.  I originally bought a SCSI drive and
card of Lingenuity.  My two subsequent drive purchases have seen doubles
in size and halvings of price...  (Buy a disk at PC prices, then buy a
disk at really nice prices from someone who went to a bankrupcy auction...)]


|> In case it's important I've got a 4Mb A3000 with RO3.10 installed, but
|> nowt else.
|> 

Not particularly, but so have I if it's any encouragement.

Ian Griffiths

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