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ijp@doc.ic.ac.uk (Ian Palmer) wrote:

> [..stuff about p.c.s getting cheaper IDEs that Arcs..]
>I suppose my real question is, if I were to be able to buy a suitable
>IDE drive (I've already got an idea of suitable makes) how easy is it

Well, I haven't. I wish we could get an official word from Acorn on
exactly WHAT IDEs will and will not work. Surely they must know.
I understand that Conners work, and there is another brand, but i've
forgotten.
It's all very fine to say "IDE interface", but I understand that there
really is quite a difference....

>to fit into this bay (ie. is it simply a case of screwing the thing
>in, or would I need to make some sort of fitting plate (or what-ever),
>and also how easy is it to get a suitable cable ?

This'd be nice to know too. I mean, we could simply sticky-tape it
to the metal plate :) (old BBC trick with a 3.5" drive in the side)

>I'd appreciate any hints/information - particularly from anyone who
>has already fitted such a thing to an A5000.

ditto

>ADFSBuffers in RO3.1 - What puzzles me (not ever having had working
>ADFSBuffers :-) ) is this. If you have setup some ADFSBuffers and the
>machine crashes (hangs), do you say goodbye to any writes which are
>currently buffered or, do writes not get buffered, or is there some
>clever way of recovery (I doubt this one).

I was under the (misguided perhaps) impression that the ADFSBuffers 
prob had been fixed inbetween RO3.0 and RO3.1. Someone wanna correct
me? I am getting RO3.1 tomorrow (right, acorn), and want to know what
to press in for ADFSBuffers....

>Ian


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