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Article #25450Re: Quiry about the reliability of Atari hard disks
From: Alex Leavens
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1987 19:04
Date: Fri, 06 Mar 1987 19:04
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> I have the opportunity to purchase an Atari 20 Mbyte hard disk for our > 1040ST. The drive appears to be in good condition though it comes used and > Hard > disk appears to be in vogue, wouldn't a large RAM disk in memory serve even > better for quiet and fast temporary storage? > Developing off a ram disc is (IMHO) nice, but asking for trouble. What happens if the program you're developing crashes the machine? Your source code is history. what happens if you get a power surge or a blackout? History. I much prefer a hard disc. I've had an Atari 20 meg hard disc for 1 1/2 years now, and it runs very reliably. Be sure to get rev. 8 of the hard disc software if you get the drive. --alex @ Atari BIX: alexl. GEnie: ALEXLEAVENS AtariCorp: 408-745-2006
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-lcc!styx!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!imagen!atari!leavens From: leavens@atari.UUCP (Alex Leavens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Quiry about the reliability of Atari hard disks Message-ID: <612@atari.UUCP> Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 14:04:36 EST Article-I.D.: atari.612 Posted: Fri Mar 6 14:04:36 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 8-Mar-87 10:09:30 EST References: <1197@ihlpf.ATT.COM> Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA Lines: 18