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From: freak@salyko.cube.sub.org (Alexander Reinelt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Re-using a Megafile
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Date: 7 May 90 20:22:14 GMT
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MALCOLM@tower-vax.city-poly.ac.UK writes:


>3.  30MB isn't much, and the ST238R isn't fast, so at some point in the
>    future I'll probably want to swap it for a bigger/faster unit (or add
>    a second drive).  What will I need to know when choosing which drive
>    to buy?

Well, I don't know much about hardware, but I can tell you about this
point. It is possible, and not a bad idea, to put a second drive into
the megafile 30 and on the hostadaptor of it. (Hope you get my
english...)

Well, there are lots of people in the atari.ger.fido (Fido Nets Atari
Board in germany) who discussed this problem some time ago. I myself
want to put a new, second drive in my megafile, as soon as i got the
money. I think about 60 MB, 3,5" and RLL.
Well, the hardware in the megafile is in some way ready to accept a
second unit ! I can't tell you exactly, but there shurley many people
out who know...

The software is the other prob - AHDI is, as far s I know, not prepared
for a second unit. And it has some bugs besides that point ...
I use CBHD SYS. This is a very nice hard disk driver. It is based on the
AHDI and rerwritten and very improved by a german called CLAUS BROD.
He wrote aa nice and good book about floppies, harddisks etc on the st
and inculded a disk within the book. This driver allows you without any
problems to access a second unit in the megafile 30 or to boot from the
partition you want (up to 12 are possible i think)...

Well, overall its a great thing. Claus Brod is unfortunately no more
contactable via usenet, but maybe I could help you a bit...

c u, Freak

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