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- From: smb@cs.nott.ac.uk (Simon Burrows)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Hard Disc Prices AGAIN!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.193858.9585@cs.nott.ac.uk>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:38:58 GMT
- References: <C15zKJ.7K1@compsci.liverpool.ac.uk>
- Organization: Nottingham University
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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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- There's no reason why you shouldn't go to a PC dealer, but you will have
- no guarantee that the drive will work with your interface. IDE is not
- a well-defined standard like SCSI. If you buy from an Acorn dealer, you
- can expect it to work, and also receive support if anything goes wrong.
- You are paying the extra money for 'peace of mind' (?!).
-
- Simon
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