Any experience with SuperMac 330 MB external drive under A/UX?

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2 total messages Started by John R. Galloway Mon, 22 May 1989 19:18

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Author: John R. Galloway
Date: Mon, 22 May 1989 19:18

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I am looking at getting a 300MB external drive.  Among those in the race
is SuperMac's.  They offer their own partitioning sw for Mac/OS and claim
it is compatable with apples partitioning sw for A/UX.  I was not overly
assured that they know whats what with A/UX from my phone conversation.
Any experience out there with this drive?  good or bad?  Its a Micropilis
18ms 330 MB drive.  thanks!
apple!jrg	John R. Galloway, Jr.       contract programmer, San Jose, Ca

These are my views, NOT Apple's, I am a GUEST here, not an employee!!

Re: Any experience with SuperMac 330 MB external drive under A/UX?

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Author: Geoff Peck
Date: Mon, 22 May 1989 23:09

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In article <31340@apple.Apple.COM> jrg@Apple.COM (John R. Galloway) asks
about 300MB external drives for A/UX.

I recently got to try a CDC Wren Runner, which is 321MB unit with a 10.7ms
seek time.  (Yes, 10.7ms -- it's FAST!)  From what I can see, this is the
drive you want!

The particular incarnation which I got to use came from MicroNet Technology
(714) 837-6033, and costs $2645 (special Apple pricing).  This price includes
a cabinet with room for one additional 1/2-height drive.  (You might
want to consider the 45MB SyQuest removeable cartridge for $935.)

MicroNet's supplied software was able to set the drive up for A/UX, albeit
as a twin of the HD80 partitions.  Using 'dp', it was only moderately
painful to install an additional 235MB file system to fill the drive up.
Further experimentation with 'dp' would no doubt permit one to partition
the drive as desired.
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Geoff Peck, Apple Computer, Inc., MS60-E, Cupertino, CA 95014    (408) 974-3184
geoff@apple.com {sun,nsc}!apple!geoff AppleLink: PECK.G #include <disclaimer.h>

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