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From: mboen@nixpbe.UUCP (Martin Boening)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: HDX 3.01
Message-ID: <616@nixpbe.UUCP>
Date: 13 Nov 89 10:06:12 GMT
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Organization: Nixdorf Computer AG, Paderborn, Germany
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apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:

>SYTANG@CSUGREEN.BITNET (SHOOU-YU TANG,PHYSICS DEPT,CSU,303-491-6372) writes:

>>Local BBS has a file called HDX301.ARC which suppose to have the newest Atari
>>hard drive software HDX 3.01. And the doc. file stated this should be 3.01,
>>but when run the Installer and look under the Info one get version 3.00.
>>    Is this right?

>Yes.  The only part which has the version number 3.01 is the driver,
>called AHDI.PRG when it's in the AUTO folder of the floppy, called
>SHDRIVER.RAW in the HINSTALL directory, and called SHDRIVER.SYS when
>it's instlled on your hard disk.  For everything else, 3.00 is right
>and fine.

>============================================
>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

Does the discussion above mean that HDX 3.00 
is freely distributable via BBSes.
If so, where can I get it if I don't 
have access to these BBSes? Could it be
posted to binaries.atari.st?
Or was it already posted there?

Any info on this would be appreciated.

Another question: is TOS1.4 EVER going to be distributed in the
form of 1MBit ROMS (which can easily be inserted into yon
Mega ST without having to scratch around on the motherboard,
change MMUs and TTL drivers and all that useless effort)? Or
will it remain forever in the form of 6 Eproms/Proms/Roms. What
about people with a motherboard that doesn't have room for 6
ROMS?

Any info on this would also be appreciated.

So long, netland

Martin
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