Re: Needing help upgrading a IIe!

[wbaguhn@nyx10.cs.du.edu (Will Baguhn)]

In article <4qr7l3$mbh@usenet11.interramp.com>,
Tom Zuchowski  <cd003508@interramp.com> wrote:
>Whoops, I forgot to mention: Alltech sells a hard drive on a card that you 
>just plug into an empty slot on your IIe.  The card is VERY cost 
>effective!  I've seen a lot of very positive comments from people who have 
>bought it.
>
>TomZ
>
>

How is that cost effective?  I've looked at it... it just didn't tickle me
as a good idea.  It drains a lot of power from the computer power
supply, which is already a little on the small side.

Besides... It's more cost effective to get a SCSI controller and external
SCSI HD case from alltech, and then look in Computer Shopper for a 
SCSI drive.  I forget which company it is ("... Discount Drives" maybe),
but they had a 210 meg SCSI drive listed for about $69 last i checked.

It works fine with my RAMFast C, i can only imagine it will work swell with
the other, cheaper controllers out there.  Admittedly, I got my
RAMFast as used equipment, but still... my drive system
only cost $150 for 200 megs, and how much are they charging?  It'd be less
with a less expensive controller, too.

I like Alltech a lot, really.  But some things just don't make sense.
(btw: assembling a system like that isn't real difficult, either, if
you have some idea of how to wield a screwdriver and can figure out
how to plug the red wire into pin 1.)
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