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In <19047@netnews.upenn.edu>, ranjit@grad2.cis.upenn.edu (Ranjit Bhatnagar) writes:
>In article <1990Jan16.053837.14871@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> you write:
>>
>>to send me some info on the wedge.  The prices he quoted were:
>>
>>Wedge 500                    US $160
>>DTC-5150 MFM Controller      US $90
>>Box and Power Supply         US $175
>>Cables                       US $15
>>Shipping & Handling          US $18
>>
>>    That is $458 !!!  for a 10-meg drive !!!
>
>And that doesn't even include the drive itself!
>
>It's astounding how the do-it-yourself st-506 folks can advertise their
>boxes as an inexpensive solution when they tend to cost more than
>better systems that you don't even have to assemble yourself.
>(For instance, a TrumpCard 500 with a fast 48M disk goes for about
>$600, and the SCSI interface alone is about $200.)

Well, looks to me like $250 for the ability to add a generic ST-506 hard
drive to an Amiga. Nobody is forcing anyone to buy the case, cables, and power
supply from RSI. When the Wedge was designed and built, the cheapest soluton to
adding a hard drive was in the order of $800-1000 for the package (20 meg).  At
that time, shopping from the mail order ads, you could put together a Wedge and
a 40 meg HD for about $500. The costs to RSI to make Wedges has not changed.
They don't advertise any more to speak of, but will fill orders if asked.

-larry

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