ST520 disk drive question

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2 total messages Started by mayer Tue, 29 Oct 1985 21:13

#1364

Author: mayer
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1985 21:13

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From: Jim Mayer  <mayer>

I have a friend who is considering buying a 520ST as a word processing machine.
To help him out, I went down to one of the local computer stores that is
carrying the ST and checked one out a bit.  The salesman was less than
helpful however, and I have some questions:

	1.  Having looked at both the B/W and color monitors, my feeling is
	    that anyone doing word processing should go with the B/W.  As
	    far as I can tell, if you have the color monitior you cannot
	    use the 640x400 monocrome graphics mode at all!  Is this
	    true?  If not, how does text look on a color monitor playing
	    at being monocrome.

	2.  How big are the disks?  I have heard several numbers banged
	    about.
	
	3.  Is there a cut and paste word processor available or in the
	    works?  I saw "ST-Writer" and "The Final Word", neither of
	    which uses the cut and paste/mouse driven technology.
	
	4.  What is available in the way of printers?  Does Atari make
	    a printer?  Can one use other printers?
	    
	4.  The following strikes me as the "right" configuration for
	    word processing (draft only):

		Computer
		2 disk drives
		monocrome monitor
		matrix printer
	
	    Does that sound right to the ST owners out there?

Please reply by mail.

-- Jim Mayer					University of Rochester
(arpa) mayer@Rochester.ARPA			Department of Computer Science
(uucp) rochester!mayer				Ray P. Hylan Building
       (via allegra, decvax, or seismo)		Rochester, New York 14627

HARD disk drive question

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Author: Steve Tynor
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1985 20:26

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I'm looking for anyone who's had experience interfacing a hard disk (not
Atari's or Haba's) to an ST.  I've been offered a relatively cheap 10M disk,
but will have to buy a controller and power supply for it.  Is this going to
be difficult?  Also, am I really getting a good deal on the disk?   I can
pick it up for $150 (new, but I don't know the manufacturer).  How much can
I expect to pay for a controller and powersupply?  Does the hard disk
interface in the ST make this easy?

Your comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated!

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