Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!engst From: engst@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: general info on disk drives wanted Summary: expecially the Astra hard drive + floppy Message-ID: <3197@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> Date: 16 Dec 87 02:00:01 GMT References: <1304@ea.ecn.purdue.edu> Reply-To: engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Adam C. Engst) Organization: Cornell Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 21 In light of my recent disk drive failure, (which seemed to go away briefly and has since returned), I'm looking for a second drive or hard drive so I'm not so dependent on the internal drive. (I had to write a 15 page paper on a Mac and nearly lost it twice. My next paper is being written on an AT, since I trust WordPerfect 4.2 a bit more than anything within ten feet of a Mac.) Does anyone have any experience with the Astra Hard drive/floppy combo? It seemed like a good setup and was reported as being very durable. Alternately, how easy/economical is it to put together a system from various parts (ie buy a drive and a controller and power supply and stick 'em all together)? Are any other hard drives especially recommended? I personally think the Atari hard drive is too big, but I haven't heard any reports on price comparisons or reliability. If enough people respond via e-mail, I'll post a summary to the net. Remember, there is nothing worse than being forced to use other computers because the ST failed. So please, send information to me. Thanks a lot! Adam Engst engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu pv9y@cornella.bitnet