Re: Atari ST vs. Apple Mac

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From: adm
Date: Wed, 29 May 1985 16:25

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> The nicest quality I have noticed about the Atari ST is that
> it has a cheap mass storage. A 15MB hard disk on the Atari
> will reportedly sell for $400.

The rumor I hear is that the 15MB disk is actually a 20MB disk that the company
couldn't sell elsewhere because of too many media defects.  Atari bought the
drives and is putting a special controller on to map out the defects.
This should slow down access to the disk, but it makes for a cheap disk drive!

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Subject: Re: Atari ST vs. Apple Mac
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