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#1MB RAM & Sony 1311CR

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#11140From: Brad NelsonMar 10, 1986 10:04 PM
Larry: Micro Forge sent me some info, got it today. Their products sound just fine but their prices don't. (to me, anyway) $1500 for a 20 Meg hard drive, $860 for a 2 Meg RAM card. Too much if ya ask me. Ah, well. Can't afford that kinda stuff anyway.
#11193From: Larry BlaylockMar 11, 1986 8:11 AM
Brad..what info migroforge has let me have (not much) I'd say they were competitevly priced for the IBM market. Unfortunatly..I havn't gotten in touch with them. larry
#11283From: Larry BlaylockMar 12, 1986 9:10 AM
Brad..what info migroforge has let me have (not much) I'd say they were competitevly priced for the IBM market. Unfortunatly..I havn't gotten in touch with them. larry
#11636From: Kevin MurphyMar 15, 1986 11:18 PM
I have seen the MicroForge drives in action. The interface is totally non-asthetic, does not seem to do a pin-passthrough of the bus, but *does* work. It requires an external power supply of OEM astheticness (which is to say none). Prices quoted by KJ Computers (ELLAY) are $1300 for 10MB and $1500 for 20MB. Jambs gainst the bus port in a most ugly way, thankfully not blocking the Atari-type joystick/mouse ports. And the power supply is not safe for young children. But it *does* work, and it is fast. Too bad that Activision and Electronic Arts stuff is so lazily copy-protected that they cannot be installed on *any* hard disk. But I digess…. *kevin*
#11288From: Larry BlaylockMar 12, 1986 9:10 AM
Brad..let me ammend my previous statement slightly. It is in the HIGHER end of the PC market. I'm afraid that Microforge cant offer the discounts that many companies can becasue of the lack of a large market at this moment. I mean look how much (last time I looked) more a MAC hardrive costs than a PC. larry