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From: thewho@elaine22.stanford.edu (Derek Fong)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: HELP SOFT PC!
Message-ID: <1991Feb22.015227.17611@portia.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 22 Feb 91 01:52:27 GMT
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After visiting a store and fooling around with SoftPC, I couldn't seem to get
a straight answer on how the "hard drives" work.  (yes, another clueless comp-
uter salesman who is not willing to admit that he knows nothing abou some
software).

Anyways, my question is this: how do you create larger partitions than the
original one that comes with Soft PC.  I was able to create a 5 MB "Drive D:"BuBut when I tried to access it, I got a "Non-DOS error."  I couldn't seem to
format the drive using the normal DOS format command.  There must be some trick
as to formatting the drive.  

So my question is, HOW DO YOU DO IT?  =)

There has got to be some alternative to creating zillions of small 1 MB partit-
tions by duplicating the original one.   It seems simple enough that you
can create one under the Hard Disk Command menu, but then What do you need to 
do in order to get the thing DOS formatted?

Also...another question: how is the performance of the AT/EGA add on.  I would
be buying it only for the speed upgrade as I only have a black and white SE/30.
IS the upgrade worth it?  How much faster?Q  Does it emulate a 287 also?  
What kind of 286 performance does one see: 10 mhz, 12 mhz, 16 mhz?

Any comments, suggestions, and answers would be greatly appreciated.

Please email then to me.

Thanks in advance.

----Derek Fong----
fong@cive.stanford.edu
thewho@leland.stanford.edu