jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) (02/21/89)
I am looking for a hard disk for my //gs. Looking in magazines for the //, the lowest price 40 med drive for an Apple is a CMS drive and is around $700-$800. However, Mac magazines offer SCSI drives with the same storage for approx. $600. Can the // use ANY SCSI drive aslong as one has a SCSI card of some sort? Is it necessary for me to stick to CMS and Sider, or could I go for Rodime, Jasmine, and other companies whose products cater to Mac exclusively (and appear less expensive)? What makes one SCSI drive different from another? jeremy mereness jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (arpa)
MichOne@cup.portal.com (MICHAEL R TUCKER) (03/10/89)
There are almost "step by step" directions, product recommendations, supplier suggestions, etc. for inexpensive hard drives (the do it yourself way) in the last several issues of OPEN APPLE. The magazine has recently changed its name to A2-Central. If someone you know doesn't subscribe and have these issues, you can get back-issues directly from A2-Central. The issues you need are December 1988, January and February 1989. Most of the drive info is in the December issue; low-level formatting data is in the January issue; and some follow up in the February issue. A2-Central can be contacted: P.O. Box 11250; Overland Park, KS 66207; (913)469-6502; GEnie mail: A2-CENTRAL. Back issues are $2 each, or bound & indexed VOLUMES are just $14.95 [a great value].