🚀 go-pugleaf

I now know what an EDSEL owner felt like! However, unlike the EDSEL I doubt
that the blessed thing will appreciate in value as a collector's item! 

I have a Rainbow 100B with full memory, dual floppy drives, and b/w monitor. 
It is my own machine and therefore cannot have large amounts of money spent 
on it! I have several questions for the group thus this posting.

	(a)	How does one upgrade to MS-DOS V3.xx if no one is selling
		and supporting the product? This is not a naive question 
		as it will have longer term impact for applications support.

	(b)	I have a 30 MB hard disk (ST506 I/F). I have yet to find a
		reasonably priced controller. Remember comment above. There
		are many for the IBM PC at less than $150. DEC's price is
		an insult to any person or corporation! In fact, DEC's whole
		attitude to the Rainbow is an insult (I used to work for DEC)!
		But I digress, I would like to find a hard disk controller
		for the Rainbow which is priced < $250 and is reliable. Any
		suggestions?

Don't get me wrong, I like the concept of the rainbow but the problem of 
over-inflated pricing of peripheral options and the lack of support make it 
a DODO. If I can't get a reasonably priced controller then I will offer this 
unit for sale. 

When you can get a 10MHz. AT with 512K memory, SCSI disk interface on a single 
AT form factor board for use in a passive backplane configuration for 
approximately $800 why fight it!



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A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little 
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		"Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson


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John D. Proctor		|  Usenet: {inhp4,uunet}!ingr!jdp!proctor
Intergraph Corp.	| ARPAnet: uu.net.uunet@ingr!jdp!proctor
			| US Post: 1 Madison Industrial Park
Usual Disclaimers Apply	|	   Huntsville, AL 35807-4201

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little 
statesmen and philosophers and divines.

		"Self Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson