esd@cbterra.UUCP (11/19/87)
[Please bear with me, I haven't done this in a long time.] Well, I'm open for suggestions, and I would like some assistance from you guys in NETLAND. My gorlfriend has an A1000. The question is, should we upgrade. I only have a few questions. 1) How much should we expect to pay for a reasonable hard drive? Keep in mind that I've seen all this stuff on the WEDGE and it sounds pretty good, but how about an outside opinion. It seems as though C= is going with SCSI drives for the A2000. Can we put one on the A1000. 2) How can I put an '020 in the A1000? How much does it cost? Does it come with an MMU? ... an '881? 3) How can I get IBM PC compatibility out of the thing and for what price? 4) In general, is the A2000 upgrade a goood deal, or should we wait for a couple of months when the A2000 is available at a discounted price (hopefully between $1200 and $1400)? I would appreciate a prompt response as we all know that the upgrade offer expires soon. Thanks in advance for your help. eric ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eric Deese (cbosgd!esd) AT&T Bell Labs Disclaimer: <insert standard disclaimer here>
bathkey@netsys.UUCP (11/21/87)
In article <3741@cbterra.ATT.COM> esd@cbterra.UUCP (Eric S. Deese) writes: > >[Please bear with me, I haven't done this in a long time.] > >Well, I'm open for suggestions, and I would like some assistance from >you guys in NETLAND. My gorlfriend has an A1000. The question is, >should we upgrade. I only have a few questions. >1) How much should we expect to pay for a reasonable hard drive? > Keep in mind that I've seen all this stuff on the WEDGE and it > sounds pretty good, but how about an outside opinion. It seems > as though C= is going with SCSI drives for the A2000. Can we > put one on the A1000. Well, this info may come to a shock to some of you, BUT IM doing a group buy with some friends, and we can get the Pheonix 500 and 1000 hard drives at a VERY GOOD Price.. by VERY GOOD I mean, between $600-650. The A1000 version supports up to 4 megs, sits on-top of the machine, and is buffered. The A500 version cannot accept 4 Meg, but it does buffer and it sits to the side. They are BOTH SCSI drives, and can take 7 scsi devices, they are both DMA and there add says they have the potential to transfer at rates of approx 4 MegaBytes per Second (though I cant see it going that fast on the current file system). All interested people should contact me (ie send me mail) I think the most we wanna handle at this price is about 10, we are gaining NO profit from doing this. >2) How can I put an '020 in the A1000? How much does it cost? > Does it come with an MMU? ... an '881? Well, im getting info from one of my users on my BBS, he says he can get internal piggy-back boards that have a 68020/68881 sockets and cost approx $310. The 68020 and 881 cost about $250 and $200 respectivly and depending on what speed you get the price is different. When he gives me the info I will either re-post or mail direct to all those interested. again, send me some mail. BTW No , it does not come with an MMU > >eric > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Eric Deese (cbosgd!esd) AT&T Bell Labs > >Disclaimer: <insert standard disclaimer here> Scott Bethke {bearoff|beartrk|cucstvd|decvac|esi|fmsrl7|icus|ihnp4|macom1| nucleus|obpu1|ocsmd|rriwro|thrash|uoxat|reason|devon|killer} netsys!bathkey BATHKEY AT NETSYS.UUCP
KENNEDY%WWPACS@dupont.com (Tony Kennedy) (02/26/90)
Hello net. Question #1 I talked the local recording studio guy into getting and Amiga. :^) He got a 2000 with a second drive, but got an external drive. I remember that there are a few strange complications if you have a df2 and no df1. Can anybody shed some light on this for me. Question #2 He got MasterTracks v3.51. When we tried saving the preferences to a write protected disk in df0: the system hangs with the sleepy cloud. Now, is this part of the df0/df2 problem, is it a MT problem, or has it been fixed in MT v3.6 (which is out but he didn't get. I did suggest that he get the upgrade) Question # 3 Which Harddisks/controllers have the problems with the overscan files? An why? (I know this has been discussed before but I skimmed those messages.) :^( Do they hang the system or just slow it down. Question # 4 ( I ask alot of these don't I :^)) Which printer driver (WB 1.3) is the best to use with a Panasonic 1192 24pin. I've tried the CBM driver and the epson driver and they just don't do the fonts the justice I expected of a 24 pin printer. Sigh. Thanks bunches...Tony p.s. Follow ups to c.s.a.hardware, I'm sending through the amiga-relay and I'm not sure how to get this to .hardware. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tony Kennedy Disclaimer: I know that you believe you understand Project Engg. what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize Setpoint, Inc. that what you heard is not what I meant. (304)863-2903 kennedy%wwpacs@dupont.com kennedam%wwps@dupont.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~