mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (11/01/86)
Keywords: Having just purchased my Amiga, I am looking for an alternative to a second disk drive. I'm working on the assumption that someday the third-party suppliers will get their act together and offer quality hard disk drives and interfaces at reasonable prices, especially since a standardized set of expansion specs now exists. A second disk drive is pretty much useless with a hard disk, while a meg or more of memory can take the place of a second disk now and still be useful when I get a hard drive. Does anybody know of any 1meg (or more!) expansions that are * auto-config * no wait states * power draw from bus within acceptable limits * competitively priced with a 2nd disk (note that I'm saying *competitively* priced...not same as. I'm expecting memory to cost more -- I'm willing to pay more at the outset for a better system in the long run.) I would like to hear of your experience with these products, and where I may contact the manufacturers. If you are a hardware developer marketing your own product, I would be interested in hearing from you. I will post a summary of the responses I receive to the net. -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Mike Portuesi | | Carnegie-Mellon University Computer Science Department | | | | ARPA: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu | | UUCP: {harvard | seismo | ucbvax | decwrl}!spice.cs.cmu.edu!mjp | | | | "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture" | | --Laurie Anderson, "Home of the Brave" | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+