hard drives for odd-ball computers

Pete Hsi pete at umbc3.UMD.EDU
Tue Mar 22 06:38:36 AEST 1988


In article <441 at amc-vlsi.UUCP> thomas at amc-vlsi.UUCP (Thomas Rozek) writes: >
>Is there a reasonably priced hard drive for your home computer?
>
>If the price for 20M is over $900 or if there is not a hard drive available
>for your computer please leave me a note with the make of the computer,
>current price of a 20M drive and whether or not it has a floppy drive
>controller installed.  Don't just stop there but tell me whether you would
>like a 20M hard drive for $600.
>         
>Thanx in advance.
>Thomas rozek
>Alberta Microelectronic Centre
>#200, 1620-29 St. NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  T2N 4L7
>UUCP: ...{alberta,ubc-vision,utai}!calgary!amc-vlsi!earl

[sorry for posting this... mailer barfed-up]

Yes! I am interested in getting a cheap hard-drive for my C64... here's
what I can find:
 - JCT: 3.7Mb, $495
        5  Mb, $595
        10 Mb, $695
        20 Mb, $795
 - Lt. Kernal: 20 Mb: 949.95 (C128), $899 (C64)
 - Mini-Chief: 20 Mb, $795
               40 Mb, 1195
(swiped this list from April 88 RUN magazine, pg 44)

I THINK the disk controller is built in (you don't have to purchase a
separate card for the floppy drive -- it just plugs into a built-in port... you
can daisy chain up to 4 (?) drives or printers).

If you can tell me where I can get a hard drive for the Commodore 64 or
Commodore 128 for less than the above prices, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! These prices
are ridiculous!!! I am just about to dump my system because a cheap hard-drive
is not available for it.

Ps: please don't flame me for mistakes in the C64 specifications.... I don't
have my C64 manual with me.

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