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In article <3437@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West) writes:
>See MacTutor, 2/87 and 6/87.  One article contained a hardware
>description, the second a SCSI formatter program.
>	Joel West,  Palomar Software, Inc. (c/o UCSD)
>	{ucbvax,ihnp4}!sdcsvax!jww or jww@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu

   I leafed through some non-Mac magazines, and indeed it
looks like one can easily get a 40M Seagate sans controller
for less than $450. This stirred considerable enthusiasm in
me, but the local libaries somehow live without MacTutor
and I don't know if ordering back issues from the magazine
is worth the trouble. Before I do order, could someone kindly
summarize what the articles said? Specifically,
  - what is your estimate of the controller's cost ($300? $50?)
  - I have no idea about how the thing works, so a very stupid
    question: would this "poor man's" controller significantly
    affect the disk's access time, if at all?
  - are there any serious drawbacks of this solution (compared
    with going the orthodox route) that the Mac/electronics
    wizards out there can see?

   As far as I know, many of us are quite adept at working with
a soldering iron (I even have fun doing that), so the above may
be of some interest to others too. I'll summarize mail replies
(if any).

   Thank you very much,           Eric Behr
                                  khayo@MATH.UCLA.EDU