SYSPMZT@gecrdvm1.crd.ge.com (05/30/91)
With the imminent demise of my external B drive (likes to misread directories, and goes into a long pause at access time most of time, successful or not), I'm going to finally break down and purchase a hard drive. I recently bought a 1040 STe, and am running Rainbow TOS (1.6?). Can anyone post/mail considerations on the various options available to me? I can live with 20 meg, though 30 or 40 would be more appealing. Cost is important, and I'm suprised at the expense of most of the drives the latest STart listed. My friend was able to purhase a 105M drive for his Mac for little more than most 30M Atari drives are listed. Is there any way I can take advantage of SCSI technology? Any recommendations on inexpensive yet trustworthy dealers to buy this from? What are the software requirements for formatting a hard drive and backing up a hard drive? I assume that any drive I purchase will include that software, but is there a standard (pd?) application that I should/want to have? I apologize for my naive and encompassing questions, and truly appreciate any assistance I might receive. If anyone's noticed me in this category lately, they'll know that I started by asking if I should buy a Mega or a 1040. The responses to those questions directed me to buy a new 1040 STe and upgrade the memory to 4M myself, at ****CONSIDERABLE**** savings. I hate to be an information leach, but you Netters really know what you're doing, and I surely don't. Many thanks in advance, Phil Z