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Hard disk for $695.00? [message #83205] Mon, 10 June 2013 21:21 Go to next message
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	I have an ad for a hard disk (10mb) for the Apple ][+ and ][e
called "The Sider", from First Class Peripherals. According to the ad,
for $695.00 you get a disk and interface all ready to be plugged into
your Apple.
	This is easily the lowest price for 10mb on an Apple that I've
ever seen, and I'm thinking of buying one. My question is, does anyone
out there have any experience with this beast? I am particularly concerned
about reliability, and would be very grateful if anyone with information
on this product would contact me.
	If interest warrants, I will post a summary of my findings to
the net. Thanks in advance to all who respond.

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Re: Hard disk for $695.00? [message #83212 is a reply to message #83205] Mon, 10 June 2013 21:21 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I called the company on their 800 number about 3 weeks ago.  They said
they had not started shipping yet but expected to in about 2 weeks (ie
about a week ago.  I have not called back since.  Obviously this means
no data on reliability.  Has anyone actually got one of these yet?

Peter Harrison
Re: Hard disk for $695.00? [message #85903 is a reply to message #83205] Mon, 17 June 2013 17:18 Go to previous message
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About a week before Thanksgiving I ordered one of these 10 MB hard disks from
First Class Peripherals, Inc.  They sent me a letter about a week later with
a copy of their warranty (one page description) that thanked me for ordering
their product and informed me that my unit was due for shipment on Dec 3rd.
It arrived at my home on Dec 13th, I unpacked it the next day and have had it
up and running for 2+ days now.  They are very careful in their packing and
their documentation.  The Sider, as it's called, comes with an interface
board that goes only in slot 7, all of the necessary connecting cables, a
reference manual, and two double-sided floppy diskettes.  One of the four
sides of the diskettes contains their installation software to format and
verify the disk.  The other three sides have utility software for use in
installing ProDos, CP/M (either PCPI or Microsoft), and Apple Pascal (either
1.1 or 1.2).  DOS 3.3 is supported as a matter of course.  Their partitioning
scheme is a bit strange at first glance, but becomes understandable the more
you think about the problem of supporting four different operating systems.
I use Pascal almost exclusively, with a little DOS BASIC here and there, so
I have four small volumes (5.25 inch 35 track capacity equivalent) and three
large volumes (about 8 inch diskette capacity) for DOS, and the rest, with
minor allocations for ProDos and CP/M, allocated to four Pascal units of
3728 blocks each.  Haven't really had a chance to shake the system out yet,
but I was favorably impressed by what I have seen so far.  You don't get
a whole 10 MB for any one operating system, but I have the equivalent of
53+ Pascal diskettes online at one time and that's a whole lot more than
I have had before.  For $695 I can only cross my fingers and hope that
someone doesn't buy them up before my warranty expires.  More later if
there is interest.

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TJ (with Amazing Grace) The Piper
Boeing Computer Services
Artificial Intelligence Center
...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!tjj
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