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- From: r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk (R Voisey)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: 310 or 3020 help?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.130736.20994@csd.uwe.ac.uk>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 13:07:36 GMT
- References: <1992Nov17.164517.6308@planet.bt.co.uk> <1992Nov19.150322.1@cc.curtin.edu.au>
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- In article <1992Nov19.150322.1@cc.curtin.edu.au> sdaveyj@cc.curtin.edu.au writes:
- > Can you fit IDE or SCSI harddiscs in a 310 without a backplane?
-
- You can fit SCSI harddisks using an EcoSCSI board (plugs into the
- econet socket) BUT it has drawbacks:
-
- 1. It's 8 bit and NOT fast
- 2. You have to boot the filing system etc from a floppy
- 3. It ties up your econet port
-
- >Total cost no more than about $2500 or 1000 pounds.
-
- You should be able to get something MUCH better than a 310 for
- a grand (I only got 1300 for my A5000). Settle for nothing less
- than a 400/1 with 2-4Megs of RAM, 50-120Mb hard disk, ARM-3 and
- colour monitor (possibly cheap multisync). Second hand Archs
- are NOT worth much these days.
-
- Having said that, you might have a problem finding a system
- like that because it's not worth selling them for that price.
- Peeps seem to start out asking ridiculous money in the BAU
- classifieds, get no response after a few months, then just
- hang onto them.
-
- Bob
-
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