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From: danield@pro-grouch.UUCP (Daniel Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Sider slider
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Date: 22 Jul 89 07:20:31 GMT
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Network Comment: to #2142 by pnet01!crash!ucbvax.berkeley.edu!agate!shelby!portia!kodali

>I recently picked up a DataMac drive called the Thrustor 10, which uses a
>Xybec interface card.  Naturally, having been used as a doorstop for some
>time, it didn't feel like formatting - parm block error of some sort. Funny
>thing was though, the setup software was the same version of the old siders,
>just a tad more primitive.  Unfortunately, the later software didn't help
>it any, but for some reason, early this morning it decided to start working.
>However, it appears that the only usable part is the Prodos section - i can't
>boot into it, dos doesn't like it, and I can't setup the CPM partition.  I
>gave First Class a call to see if they had a utility to setup it to boot into
>rodos, and they refered me to Advance Technical Products in South Carolina.
 
If the DataMac is anything like the Sider (I am told that they hard ware is
the same...), you can boot into Dos 3.3, and then have that load the ProDos
boot strap. There sould be a file on one of the Disks called "PRODOS" that
can be BRUN. it will them load the real prodos file off of the first ProDOS
partition of the drive. Atleast that is how the Multi-OS sider I have works.
 
As for the ATS ROM, I have one in the Sider I am using for my IIgs, they are
very nice. With it my 20 meg sider formats as one 20.5 meg ProDOS volume, and
works quite will with GS/OS, with is more than I could say before I installed
the ATS ROM.
 
If you are only using ProDOS, the ATS ROM is well worht the money.
 
Daniel
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