hensley@frith.msu.edu (John Hensley) (05/07/90)
I'm thinking of adding a hard drive to my 1 meg, 2 floppy 500, but have heard that they can eat a lot of RAM. That would defeat the purpose, since I want it to reduce disk-swapping and improve multitasking. So: 1) How much memory does one take? Are some makes better than others in this respect? I'm especially interested in hearing from Pro Page owners, as that's my major concern. Will I still be able to run it effectively with my existing RAM? 2) Of those featuring RAM expansion, do any allow it in small increments? I really don't want to add more than I need to offset the hard drive's requirements. (Now getting further away from the original question...:) 3) I've heard a lot of people knocking Seagate drives. I don't need the speed or the price of a Quantum, and never heard anything bad about the Seagates except here in c.s.a -- what's the reason? 4) Lastly, I'm looking for recommendations. I'm open to any suggestions; all I want is something inexpensive, reliable, and quiet that won't eat half my RAM. Speed and expandability aren't that important, except that I'd like to be able to add a meg or two (much) later. Please reply by E-mail; no one wants to wade through posts from all the hard drive owners out there :)! If there is desire for a summary, I'll e-mail it, or post if enough people ask. Thanks, John