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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)