Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!iuvax!pur-ee!a.cs.uiuc.edu!p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: ST-506 to SCSI controller info want Message-ID: <76000244@p.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 29 Jun 88 20:06:00 GMT References: <246@iconsys.UUCP> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:iconsys.UUCP:246:p.cs.uiuc.edu:76000244:000:1060 Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Jun 29 15:06:00 1988 First, let me thank everyone that sent me information on SCSI-ST506 interfaces. I didn't know so many of these "pieces" of a finished system were out there. Unfortunately, I asked the wrong rhetorical question -- I am already happy with my 80Mb hard disk. The rhetorical question I REALLY wanted to ask was: Why doesn't some enterprising Macintosh hardware company make the following box including: 1. case & power supply (shrunken PC perhaps?) 2. space for 1 or 2 hard disk drives to be bolted down. 3. SCSI-ST506/ST406 conversion board. 4. Macintosh disk driver software on 3.5 floppies, tailored for this SCSI interface. Cost: $200 or less? Then, people could purchase any PC drive they wanted and connect it to the macintosh. Currently, Macintosh disk drive price competition is weak. This product might really fire up competition and reduce hard disk prices. Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois 1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801 ARPA: gillies@cs.uiuc.edu UUCP: {uunet,ihnp4,harvard}!uiucdcs!gillies