Re: AppleWorks 3.0 for Apple IIe? anyone?

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article warren@techie.com (Warren Ernst) writes...

>Altech is selling internal 20 meg hard drive cards for $59? Really? 
>Anyone have info on these? They any good?

    Yep, it is the Focus HardCard which has actually been available
for a number of years I believe (though not always through Alltech).
It is simply a 2.5" IDE hardrive mounted to a 50 pin Apple II slot
card, with sizes ranging from 20 MB up to 800 MB. One limitation of
this setup is the controller does not do DMA, so it will obviously
be slower than an Apple HS SCSI or RamFAST.

    It think it is ideal for an Apple II Plus or IIe, especially 
since you could easily make do with 20 MB of storage and non-DMA
speed. It also makes a nice hardrive for the Apple IIgs, if your
either on a tight budget or want your hardrive internalized (but
considering drive space required by a GS, it would cost the same
to purchase a SCSI controller and SCSI drive mechanism). Prices
run from US$59 (smallest size) through US$259 (largest size).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca