jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu (John F. Bruno) (02/28/90)
What's the cheapest SCSI SyQuest drive anyone has seen for the 1040ST? Is it possible to by a device to go from Atari DMA <--> SCSI and use one of the SyQuest drives advertised in MacWeek? They go for about $650-700 (US). I think Atari DMA <--> SCSI goes for about $90 (us). I realize that Mac SCSI is not the same as the SCSI standard, does this matter for this application? Would I be able to use it with Spectre GCR, SuperCharger, etc...? A SyQuest really seems the way to go for using all of these emulators, especially when I see how many hassles people are having when they try to set up several different partitions on their hard drive. I'd like to have a seperate 44MB cartridge for each environment. Cartridges are only around $80 each. I will summarize and post if people email me at jfbruno@rodan.acs.syr.edu Thanks, ---jb
Xorg@cup.portal.com (Peter Ted Szymonik) (03/02/90)
My new Syquest drive should show up today so I'll be able to answer all your questions. I paid $899 for the unit, considering that it comes with a case, the great ICD Host Adaptor, and all the necessary cables, etc. for the addition $200 over the cost of the mech alone, I think its well worth it (the Host Adaptor alone runs $125) Reports from the field indicate that the Syquest works fine with Mac and MS-DOS partitions, and thats why I bought the unit, one platter for each OS. The three companies currently marketing the removable for the ST is Toad of Maryland, Carter of Ohio, and ABCO in Florida - Atari's units is due soon, but again, too late and for to much money... Pete