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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

170.0. "Hardware Reviewed" by STAR::HEERMANCE (In Stereo Where Available) Thu Jul 21 1988 10:55

    I'm creating this note to serve as a hardware review note.  I'll
    start.
    
    I recently purchased a FA20ST from ICD.  It's a 20 meg hard drive
    which includes a clock to set the time on the ST and is styled to
    fit under the monitor.  It has a DMA in and out jacks and a SCSI
    port.  The drive came out of the box with two ten meg partitions.
    The drive is also set to boot off of partition C.  Included is a
    disk with a bunch of utilites (formating software, park.prg, etc)
    
    The drive's fan is fairly quiet.  The drive also comes with some
    excellent directions and a description of how to add additional
    drives to the controller.
    
    The cost was $580 shipped.  I was thinking of building a drive but
    I couldn't find cheep enough components to make the effort worth
    it.
    
    Martin H.
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170.1Discount Price?ACTTWO::SHARPESun Jul 24 1988 19:4510
    Martin, where did you purchase your FA20ST for $580.00?  I have
    ICD's catalogue, and it lists for $699.00.  I am interested in the
    diskless kit, but wnat to get it for around $350.00 or so, not the
    $499.00 listed in the catalogue.  Do you know of an ICD dealer who
    sells for less than list?
    
    Thanks,
    
    Mike Sharpe
    DTN 444-2125
170.2Mail order is always cheeper.STAR::HEERMANCEIn Stereo Where AvailableSun Jul 24 1988 22:585
    I purchaced it mail order from Abby's discount software.  Their
    phone number is 1-800-282-9699.  Computability is also selling
    ICD's host adapters, their number is 1-800-558-0003.
    
    Martin H.
170.3non-800 number neededACTTWO::SHARPETue Jul 26 1988 15:5213
    Martin, thanks for the info.  I tried Abby's 800 number and it can't
    be reached from my calling area.  I don't even know what state Abby's
    is in, and the 800 information operator couldn't (or wouldn't) help
    me.  Can you get a non-800 number for me (or one that I can call
    from area code 313 in Detroit Michigan)?  Thanks for the help. 
    
    
    I want to buy the Kit version, and Computability doesn't carry that
    product.
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Mike
170.4This is out of a new issueSTAR::HEERMANCEMars need RMS developers!Tue Jul 26 1988 16:517
    Slight mistake in .2
    
    Abby's is in Ohio and their toll free number is 1-800-282-0333,
    the regular number is 1-513-879-9699.  I took number in .2 out
    of an older magazine and it must have changed since then.
    
    Martin