PEARSON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (10/10/83)
From: William Pearson <PEARSON@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA> Having just purchased an IBM-PC, I am interested in getting a hard disk cheap. It seems to be possible to get a hard disk drive from $350 - $800, and a controller for $150 - $300, but I am not certain how to connect these to the IBM-PC. I notice that some manufacturers advertize that their multifunction board parallel port can be used as a hard disk interface (SASI) and wonder if this is a general property of IBM-compatible parallel ports (I would think not) or if they can be modified. I am also curious whether the Tall Tree JFORMAT programs can help me put a homebrew hard disk on my machine. Bill Pearson -------