Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!UTCVM.BITNET!MQUINN From: MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Apple IIe SCSI Card. Is It Worth Using? Message-ID: <9104091548.AA12500@apple.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 15:40:01 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 46 On Mon, 8 Apr 91 13:41:31 GMT Steven Howell said: > >I have a question concerning the apple II and the SCSI interface card. > >I would like to know a few things about it, before i consider buying one. >Some of the things that spring to mind are, >can it be a single partition,reguardless of size. Your partition size is limited by the operating system you are using. DOS 3.3 = 400k/volume ProDOS & GS/OS = 32meg/volume You may have only one partition, if you wish, but if your drive is larger than 32megs, you're wasting space >cad it use DOS 3.3 or UniDOS 3.3. The drive & hardware will allow any operating you can put on it, the problem is getting software to format it to the operating you want (It's not really that much of a problem). I have no idea about UniDOS 3.3. Isn't that just for 3.5" disks? >can it boot from the drive under dos 3.3 or unidos Yes for DOS 3.3... don't know 'bout unidos. >can i create 5.25' allocations and copy protected software to them. No. Protected software accesses the hardware electronics of the 5.25" drives directly, so, even if you COULD (which you can't) copy them to 140k partitions on the HD, the program would still try to load itself from a 5.25" drive. >is it as useful as having a HD on a mac. Yip, if you're using ProDOS or GS/OS... I doubt it would be as useful with DOS 3.3, but it's definitely more useful than 140k floppies (or 800k floppies). > accepted. > >thanks in advance. > >steveh ---------------------------------------- BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm <------------send files here pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com