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From: stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney)
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Subject: Re: New mechanism in Megafile 20
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In article <bx_gzpc@rpi.edu> onders@degas.ipl.rpi.edu (Timothy E. Onders) writes:
>Swapping mechanisms is a very satisfying way to upgrade you HD space.
>I've got a 75 meg SH-204 myself :) (SH-204 w/ a Priam 75 MBy drive)

My drive fills up every two days or so.  I'm going to _enjoy_ this!  Faster 
too!

>Hardware-wise, all that must be done is to swich the drives.  For
>editing the WINCAP file, most of the directions are in the file
>itself.  The necessary information can usually be had by calling your
>drive's manufacturer's techicnal support department...

Thanks for the info, Tim.  Some of the wincap parameters are nice normal
parameters like number of heads, number of cylinders, etc., but some of 'em
are weird: test pattern?  (or something like that)  It's different for many
of the drives listed in the wincap, but I don't understand why.  The ST225
that was originally in there uses the defaults for all of the parameters
besides the weird test pattern thing.  

So far, I haven't received any e-mail responses, but if I do, I'll post
a summary.

>					-Tim
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