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From: ranger@ecsvax.UUCP (Rick N. Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Hard disk drives
Message-ID: <3599@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 10:53:29 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 28 10:53:29 1987
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Summary: Sider II 20 meg drive...

In article <6559@think.UUCP>, whitney@think.COM (David Whitney) writes:
> 
> I'm interested in getting a hard drive for my GS. I want it only for ProDOS,
> both 8 and 16. 20 meg. I've been trying to deal with Logic Array, asking about
> their ProAPP 20S. They've had troubles with it software-wise, and won't
> really be shipping for a while. They want around $750 for 20meg. Who out
> there has a hard drive and would like to comment on it? How's customer
> support? What did you pay? How fast is the drive? (I'm looking for SCSI)

I have a Sider II running on a BBS system.  It works fine.  It is surprisingly
fast for a disk with 85ms average access.  I suppose that is because it is not
too fragmented yet.  I got a new ROM from a third party that lets you format
the drive as one 20.8 meg Prodos volume (rather than the included software
that makes you put CP/M, Pascal and Dos 3.3 partitions on the drive, whether
you use them or not).  The Sider II is not a SCSI drive either, although it 
does use a port similar to a SCSI to allow you to daisy-chain a second Sider
and a Tape drive.  It won't work with other devices like Apple's SCSI though.
The Sider II sell for $599 from Programs Plus, a mail order house.

Rick Fincher
ranger@ecsvax