Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!cbmvax!grr From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Great big huge floppy disk? Message-ID: <1172@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Dec-86 19:25:18 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1172 Posted: Wed Dec 24 19:25:18 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 25-Dec-86 22:41:15 EST References: <346@csustan.UUCP> <5396@ukma.ms.uky.csnet> Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 19 Summary: volume In article <5396@ukma.ms.uky.csnet> sean@ukma.ms.uky.csnet (Sean Casey) writes: > >Yeah. Why do Amiga compatable hard disk drives cost THREE TIMES AS MUCH >as the same capacity IBM PC drives (with controller). Is there three times >as much magic inside? Mostly because there are more PC compatible drive sets sold, by a factor of 30-300 thousand. There are many vendors of controller boards and chip sets, both domestic and asian. The market is very competitive and the controllers, and more so the drives are sold at a very small profit margin. The people selling Amiga drives are trying to find a way to get some return on their investment on initial quantites of a few hundred units. Obviously, the pricetag is going to be much higher. Also, PC drives require no casework, power supplies, or FCC approval. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)