Re: Where to find HARD DRIVES nowadays???

["John King" <joki@eskimo.com>]

There is a person working on an IDE interface for the Apple 2 and TRS-80 4P
(at least those). Hopefully a published schematic and appropriate OS patches
will put an end to such fears forever.

I was sort of surprised at how simple the TRS-80 4P to IDE interface was.


<rocketusa@delphi.com> wrote in message news:8l9lpd$cpv$1@nnrp1.deja.com...
> HELP!
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> In the early 90s I had no trouble getting these things on the cheap, but
> now it seems really tough to get a simple hard drive for an Apple II.
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> Alltech says they are out of the Focus drives and are unsure if they
> will get anymore. SCSI cards get snatched up on ebay in no time. People
> pay a lot more for these now than they did a few years ago -- often well
> over $100. Gawd!
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> Are there any solutions right now? I'd like to get several hard drives
> for a local school that can't afford to upgrade their IIgs computers.
> With an HD, as you know, students can learn a lot better how GUI OSes
> work. Currently these kids are booting with Prodos 8 from floppies.
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> (I think demand has increased because schools have been dumping the II
> and people pick them up for $5 or so. When I sell IIgs software on ebay,
> I check the past transactions of people who buy it and sure enough they
> recently purchased a IIgs for a few bucks. Heck, I just bought a the
> 1986 version of the IIe with some cards, two drives and a sharp color
> monitor for just $1.25.)
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> The Focus cards were best because they were internal and easy to use.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Darren
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