Re: Hard Disc Prices AGAIN!

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From: Simon Burrows
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:38

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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!

There's no reason why you shouldn't go to a PC dealer, but you will have
no guarantee that the drive will work with your interface. IDE is not
a well-defined standard like SCSI. If you buy from an Acorn dealer, you
can expect it to work, and also receive support if anything goes wrong.
You are paying the extra money for 'peace of mind' (?!).

Simon
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From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
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Subject: Re: Hard Disc Prices AGAIN!
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Date: 21 Jan 93 19:38:58 GMT
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