CON.REILLY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA (Brian Reilly) (05/25/86)
Hi - I saw a new monitor with a built in disk drive made by atari for the 1040ST today. San Jose Computers had it at a swap meet. What is the advantage of having the disk drive in the monitor? They also had a double sided - 2 drive 520ST with color monitor for 899. That seemed like a good deal. - Brian Reilly -------
neil@atari.UUcp (Neil Harris) (05/27/86)
In article <8605260333.AA16829@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, CON.REILLY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA (Brian Reilly) writes: > I saw a new monitor with a built in disk drive made by atari > for the 1040ST today. San Jose Computers had it at a swap meet. What > is the advantage of having the disk drive in the monitor? The PS3000 is a color monitor with a built-in single sided floppy drive. This product is available in very limited quantities and is being test marketed in California only. The advantage of this is to reduce the ST system's "footprint" -- the amount of desk space the system takes up. --->Neil @ Atari ...lll-crg!vecpyr!atari!neil
ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell) (05/28/86)
In article <8605260333.AA16829@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CON.REILLY@SU-GSB-HOW.ARPA.UUCP writes: >Hi - I saw a new monitor with a built in disk drive made by atari >for the 1040ST today. San Jose Computers had it at a swap meet. What >is the advantage of having the disk drive in the monitor? They also >had a double sided - 2 drive 520ST with color monitor for 899. That >seemed like a good deal. > >- Brian Reilly >------- Atari 520ST owners manual (page 8): "Warning: when setting up your computer system, place your disk drive at least 12 inches from your monitor. Monitors emit a magnetic field that can damage information stored on disks." Sure hope the combo unit has some magic magnetic shielding... :-) -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ralph Mitchell | VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561 Computer Centre | ARPA: ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa Brunel University | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph Uxbridge | JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee UB8 3PH | UNITED KINGDOM | "Noli illegitemi carborundum" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=