Re: SCSI disk deive

[jmholmes@swbell.net (John)]

I have to admit that the Focus drives sound very nice, but the reply from the 
vendor that I received somewhat disturbed me.  Pasting the original message 
and reply here...

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>The "500" and "750" MB FocusDrives say that the "Size will vary"  Exactly
>what does this mean?

We offer two price ranges, on whatever we have instock at the time. Drives
are not easy to come by and of those, what is compatible with the
controller is even less. So it's not easy to say "Focus 200 Meg" anymore,
we have not had drives like 20 and 40, 60, 80 MB in quite a long time,
everything has been atleast an average of 300MB.

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That seems to imply that if you choose the 500 MB FocusDrive you will get 
between a 300 and 500 meg drive, but if you get a 700 MB focus drive you will 
get between a 300 and 700 meg drive.  Am I just taking that wrong or what??  I 
guess I'm still thinking in a PC mode and can't quite get the idea out of my 
head "What the hell can you do with a 300 meg drive???" <grin>  

In article <19991231014019.13476.00000006@ng-fk1.aol.com>, supertimer@aol.com 
(Supertimer) wrote:
>"sfbong" <sfbong@tm.net.my> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have a few 330MB Scsi hard disk from the PC and I wonder if it could be
>>used in my Apple II.  What is the difference between Apple Scsi and PC Scsi?
>>Are they compatible ?  What is the cost of a used Scsi interface card for
>>Apple IIe ?
>>
>>Thanks for any reply.
>
>The IIGS can use them.  SCSI is SCSI.  I recommend the
>Apple High Speed SCSI card, which goes for $60 to $70
>(US dollars) used.  Be sure to get the HIGH SPEED Apple
>card, not the plain Apple SCSI card.
>
>But for the price, you can get a 500MB internal IDE hard
>drive on a card called the Focus from http://www.allelec.com/
>Alltech Electronics.  These new drives have a library of
>freeware and shareware on them.  Sounds like a better
>deal and you won't have to mess with cables and
>terminators.