Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tektronix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!johnbu From: johnbu@tektronix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Wanted: Info on hard disks for PC Message-ID: <1726@tektronix.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 09:57:30 EST Article-I.D.: tektroni.1726 Posted: Tue Jan 31 09:57:30 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 2-Feb-84 01:25:37 EST Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 23 This line intentionally left non-blank. My goal is to add a hard disk (10 Mbyte or so) to an old version (64K system unit) PC. In my brief amount of shopping, several questions come to mind: 1) The prices I've seen used to range from 2,000 to 3,500. Why the extreme variation? Is there really that much differencr in quality? 2) I've recently seen one (I can't remember the manufacturer right now) for 995 for 10 Mbyte. Does this significant price drop represent an associated quality or feature drop? 3) The ideal case would be to get one that would install in the PC system unit. I've heard that one can buy IBM's souped up power supply, a controller board, and the drive and make it all work. Does it really work? What price should I expect?, etc, etc. Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John Burgess, Tektronix, Inc