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From: Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Weird TT hard disk thingy
Message-ID: <1991May11.132649.15400@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 11 May 91 13:26:49 GMT
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In article <1991May10.075334.19165@cs.ucla.edu> stephen@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (Steve Whitney) writes:
> In article <1991May10.025443.15780@actrix.gen.nz> Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
> [Quotes lots of people]
> >
> >Why don't we have a propper standard, one of the problems is that
> >  Ataries HDX standard came out far to late.
> >So why don't all the other Atari developers come up with one
> >common standard.
> >  Is it not posible to follow the MS-DOS standard, as our disks are
> >based on that standard..
> >It would only take a small patch program to fixup the none standard
> >disk partitions, and for the other developers to fixup there Booters,
> >or is this to simple a task.
> >
> >Also are BIG partition standard ?.
> >-- 
> Well, there's not point in adopting yet another standard now.  Atari has
> released the details of their standard for adding partitions and for 
> creating large (big GEM - BGM) partitions.  Registered developers can get
> this document right now.  The new driver comes with all TTs so we might as
> well use its standard.
> 	--Steve
>   Steve Whitney - UCLA CS Grad Student                       (())_-_(())
>  Soon to be working at Silicon Graphics                       | (* *) | 
>      Internet: stephen@cs.ucla.edu          UCLA Bruin-->    {  \_@_/  }
>           GEnie:    S.WHITNEY                                  `-----'  

I don't think you understood what I was on about, are you stating that we
have to upgrade all our Programs and Hard Disk just because of the 'TT'.
The Supra standard was here far before the HDX one,
From what I have read ICD's booter is claimed to be the fastes,
I have seen boot problems with the HDX software, that where fixed by
replacing the booter.
Also what states the Ataries Booter is the best..? 
I don't think you should be rail roaded in what Atari gives you, I
believe in freedom of choice, and not this dogmatic attitude that Atari
gives you.
-- 
Roger W. Sheppard   85 Donovan Rd, Kapiti New Zealand...