oscar@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Oscar DeMartino) (02/09/88)
I was looking for a hard for my 1040 when I came across this company in Webster, Texas, MEGABYTE. They had what I considered to be very good prices on harddisks and also seemed to know what they were doing when I talked to them over the phone. ..BUT.. it is another case of it is being shipped today, followed by we will be getting a part tomorrow, followed by yours is at the top of the list. I can understand this on software where schedules are sometimes not able to be kept but hardware is a matter of counting the number of oredrs and counting the number of parts and asking ones self do I have of enough. I am about ready to cancel my order because I wonder if a company can't tell if something is in stock or not how good would they be at fixing it? Has anyone ever delt with this place before? If so what is your reaction? Any suggestions where one might get a deal on a hard disk for the ST? (I sould prefer a 30+ if at all possible?) Thanks for any response Oscar "Fred" DeMartino Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal Tech ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA. 91109 MS: 301-260A (818) 354-1295 MAYBE: oscar@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov ARPA: jpl-devvax!oscar@cit-vax -- Oscar "Fred" DeMartino Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Cal Tech ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, CA. 91109 MS: 301-260A (818) 354-1295 MAYBE: oscar@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov ARPA: jpl-devvax!oscar@cit-vax
jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) (02/16/88)
------------------------------- This is the company that is making the Accelerator board for the ST. It is a 14mHz board for the ST, time ratings now say the speed increase is about 75% and it does work with PC-Ditto. I have been told that the board will eventually be running at 16mhz. Twice as fast. That should be real nice with your favorite C compiler, PC-Ditto, Magic Sac (maybe, not tested), XformerII (Atari 800/C64/AppleII emul),and lots of other fun goodies. I have a friend who has paid the $200 for a beta board and should get it "Real Soon Now." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Joubert | /\ | /\ | _ jpdres13@usl-pc.USL | \|<>|>|> \|<>|>|><`|`| or ... |-----/|-------/|----------------------- ut-sally!usl-pc!jpdres13 | \/ \/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
tsl@netsys.UUCP (Tom Livingston) (02/19/88)
In article <903@usl-pc.UUCP> jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) writes: >This is the company that is making the Accelerator board for the ST. > >It is a 14mHz board for the ST, time ratings now say the speed increase is >about 75% and it does work with PC-Ditto. > >I have been told that the board will eventually be running at 16mhz. Twice >as fast. That should be real nice with your favorite C compiler, PC-Ditto, >Magic Sac (maybe, not tested), XformerII (Atari 800/C64/AppleII emul),and >lots of other fun goodies. Does it work with GEM? Apparently so, but I had understood from several people that the GEMDOS would not tollerate any type of speed increase, even just putting in a 68010, which gives an effective 10Mhz 68k speed. I had also read about a board to put in a 68020 and 68881 running at various speeds, but they said that too would not work with GEMDOS. I had been waiting for the release of MINIX/ST to get one of these, but if it will work now, great!! >I have a friend who has paid the $200 for a beta board and should get it >"Real Soon Now." Could you _please_ give the address if it satisifies the stuff up above? I imagine alot of people will be interested if it does work with GEMDOS. _____________ / --/ __ _______ (_/ (_) / / / <_ Livingston { decuac,ihnp4 }!netsys!tsl
wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf) (02/19/88)
....some description of an accelarator board for the st.. > Does it work with GEM? Apparently so, but I had understood from >several people that the GEMDOS would not tollerate any type of speed >increase, even just putting in a 68010, which gives an effective 10Mhz >68k speed. I had also read about a board to put in a 68020 and 68881 running >at various speeds, but they said that too would not work with GEMDOS. >I had been waiting for the release of MINIX/ST to get one of these, but >if it will work now, great!! I think the ST's OS can't handle OTHER processors - such as the 68010 and 68020, but it is likely that a faster 68000 would work fine. Which brings up the question: Does the accelerator board use a 14mhz 68000? > >>I have a friend who has paid the $200 for a beta board and should get it >>"Real Soon Now." > Could you _please_ give the address if it satisifies the stuff >up above? I imagine alot of people will be interested if it does work >with GEMDOS. Yes, PLEASE let us know when this product becomes available (and for how much :-) Tom Wolf ARPA (I think): tw@cscosl.ncsu.edu or wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu
jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) (02/28/88)
-------------------------- Due to a hefty amount of requests for this info I will post it: Megabyte Computers 109 W. Bay Area Blvd Webster TX 77598 Ph. 713-338-2231 This 14Mhz board is gem compatible and I have not heard of ANYTHING that does not run on it. Of course, they have not tried everything. The reason that is so compatible is that it does not change the way the ST does anything, it just changes the speed of the whole system by using a faster chip than the 8 mhz one. That is what I got from the phone conversation anyway. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Joubert | /\ | /\ | _ jpdres13@usl-pc.USL or ... | \|<>|>|> \|<>|>|><`|`| ut-sally!usl!usl-pc!jpdres13 |-----/|-------/|---------------------- GEnie: J.JOUBERT | \/ \/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) (02/28/88)
In article <957@usl-pc.UUCP> jpdres13@usl-pc.UUCP (John Joubert) writes: > >-------------------------- > >Due to a hefty amount of requests for this info I will post it: > > >Megabyte Computers >109 W. Bay Area Blvd >Webster TX 77598 > >Ph. 713-338-2231 > > >This 14Mhz board is gem compatible and I have not heard of ANYTHING that does >not run on it. Of course, they have not tried everything. > >The reason that is so compatible is that it does not change the way the ST >does anything, it just changes the speed of the whole system by using a faster >chip than the 8 mhz one. That is what I got from the phone conversation anyway. oh, I forgot -- cost is $199, oops !