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From: Gumley_LE@cc.curtin.edu.au (Liam Gumley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: New 320Meg SCSI drive
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Date: 27 Aug 90 13:35:36 GMT
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> They should be all usable by DOS.  However, my question is can DOS use all
> 335MB?  Assuming 15 heads, 35 sectors/track, 1024 cylinders, and 512
> bytes/track, I get a maximum of 262.5MB.
> 
> What are the problems one runs into (software incapatibilities, ex. Spinrite)
> when playing these games?
> 

As far as I know, all of these drives should be fully usable with DOS 4.01.
I have a CDC Wren 330Mb that MSDOS 4.01 handles with no problems.  If you
had DOS 3.30 then I'm sure Ontrack Systems Disk Manager would also handle
all these drives.  I have had no trouble at all with software incompatibility,
however watch out if you're using Disk Manager.  Most modern stuff handles it,
but some older stuff does not, with disastrous results (e.g. Norton Disk 
Doctor before the bug fix).

SpinriteII does NOT work with SCSI drives.  Hopefully it will support them
sometime in the future.

Cheers,
Liam.

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#Liam E. Gumley, Department of Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology#
#Perth, Western Australia.   >>>All opinions expressed are exclusively mine.<<<#