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- From: idg10@cl.cam.ac.uk (I.D. Griffiths)
- Subject: Re: Hard Disc Prices AGAIN!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.120419.18578@infodev.cam.ac.uk>
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- Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:04:19 GMT
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- In article <C15zKJ.7K1@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>, pss@uxb.liv.ac.uk (Mr. P.S. Spencer) writes:
- |> The question was: is there any reason why I can't buy a hard disc from a
- |> PC dealer (which means that it would be almost half the price in some
- |> cases) and, provided I've made sure that it drives the disc, buy a
- |> controller card from an Acorn dealer. If there is no reason why this
- |> won't work, then I should be able to get a 170Mb IDE for about $350 (no
- |> pound sign on this terminal) inc VAT and delivery!
- |>
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- Absolutely no reason why not. I originally bought a SCSI drive and
- card of Lingenuity. My two subsequent drive purchases have seen doubles
- in size and halvings of price... (Buy a disk at PC prices, then buy a
- disk at really nice prices from someone who went to a bankrupcy auction...)]
-
-
- |> In case it's important I've got a 4Mb A3000 with RO3.10 installed, but
- |> nowt else.
- |>
-
- Not particularly, but so have I if it's any encouragement.
-
- Ian Griffiths
-