Multiple-hard-drive question

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2 total messages Started by Robert Montante Fri, 24 Oct 1986 05:35

#8494

Author: Robert Montante
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1986 05:35

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  I need some advice about (temporarily) putting multiple hard drives in a
PC-compatible Z-158.  The situation is:  A friend of mine has a Compaq portable
with a hard disk (10Meg, I think) and a defunct power supply.  He wants to plug
his controller card into my Z-158 long enough to back up the harddisk before
shipping his machine back to the vendor (harddisk should go back, since it may
be the cause of the overloaded P.S.)  My Z-158 has a 30Meg harddisk (on an
Adaptec controller, if that matters).
  So the question:  Need I disconnect my drive/controller before running his?
Or can I just plug another one in?  If so, what should I know about two-hard-
disk operation under MS-DOS 3.1?  (For that matter, is my 168W P.S. likely to
be up to the strain of two hard disks?)
  Any and all advice will be greatly appreciated...

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RAMontante
Computer Science				"Nobody's hugged me today"
Indiana University

Re: Multiple-hard-drive question

#8541

Author: berger
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1986 20:48

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If your Adaptec controller is RLL encoded, you won't be able to read
the Compaq hard disk with it.

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