lej@spar.UUCP (Luis Jenkins) (07/31/85)
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What is the {best, easiest, cheapest} way of upgrading the disk
storage on a IIe to over a Megabyte?
I don't feel like adding a string a 10 Apple disk drives with 5
controllers to do this!
Can you recommend:
a- Any other 5 1/4" drives for the IIe, preferably with
close to 0.5M storage/drive?
b- Any 8" drives with more than 0.5M storage/drive?
c- A 5MB or 10MB Hard Disk?
that works without any problem under DOS, ProDOS and a Microsoft
Z-80 SoftCard?
Have you used any of the above? What were your experiences?
10MB HDs for the (yeech!) IBM PC seem to be going for less than
$600.00 these days. Is there anything even half as good for a
IIe?
Thanks,
Luis Jenkins
Schlumberger Palo Alto Research, CA
...decwrl!spar!lejowen@rtp47.UUCP (Karl M. Owen) (08/02/85)
In article <429@spar.UUCP> lej@spar.UUCP (Luis Jenkins) writes: >What is the {best, easiest, cheapest} way of upgrading the disk >storage on a IIe to over a Megabyte? > >Can you recommend: > > a- Any other 5 1/4" drives for the IIe, preferably with > close to 0.5M storage/drive? How about RANA Elite III drives? While they are a little expensive, they hold ~800K (if memory serves). > b- Any 8" drives with more than 0.5M storage/drive? > c- A 5MB or 10MB Hard Disk? I've been seriously looking at the Sider 10MB hard drive. I can't remember the company offhand, but check some recent issues of Byte. I've heard good things both from the net and from users I know. > > Luis Jenkins Karl M. Owen Data General, RTP, NC ...!seismo!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!owen
neves@uwai.UUCP (08/04/85)
> In article <429@spar.UUCP> lej@spar.UUCP (Luis Jenkins) writes: > > >What is the {best, easiest, cheapest} way of upgrading the disk > >storage on a IIe to over a Megabyte? > > > > a- Any other 5 1/4" drives for the IIe, preferably with > > close to 0.5M storage/drive? > > How about RANA Elite III drives? While they are a little expensive, > they hold ~800K (if memory serves). I would not recommend the RANA as Infoworld reported that RANA has gone out of business. It is also rumored that Apple will be introducing a 800K 3 1/2" drive for the ][ in January. > > c- A 5MB or 10MB Hard Disk? > > I've been seriously looking at the Sider 10MB hard drive. I I've heard mostly good things about the Sider. One thing you should note is that it might not work for CP/M if you have a 64K CP/M card. You might need a special driver which they probably haven't written yet. Anyone else have information on which CP/M cards the Sider will work on?-- David Neves Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin-Madison Usenet: {allegra,heurikon,ihnp4,seismo,uwm-evax}!uwvax!neves Arpanet: neves@uwvax
ags@pucc-h (Dave Seaman) (08/04/85)
In article <120@rtp47.UUCP> owen@dgux.fk.UUCP (Karl M. Owen) writes: (In response to a query:) >>Can you recommend: >> >> a- Any other 5 1/4" drives for the IIe, preferably with >> close to 0.5M storage/drive? > > How about RANA Elite III drives? While they are a little expensive, > they hold ~800K (if memory serves). Before investing in Rana drives you should be aware that Rana has gone out of business. Their drives are still available, probably at good prices, and they ARE well made, but don't expect any support. Elite III capacity is about 650K. I have one I bought over a year ago and it works fine. -- Dave Seaman ..!pur-ee!pucc-h:ags