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From: PYC121@URIACC.URI.EDU (Andy Kress)
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Subject: Re: Best hard drive combo
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Date: 26 Jun 91 13:42:32 GMT
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On Tue, 25 Jun 1991 13:13:18 PDT Andi Song said:
>In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU
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>        For the IIgs, you specify which slot you want to boot first. If you
>set it to scan, (assuming your hard drive card is in slot 7) then it will
>look for a startup routine in slots 7,6,5, respectively. But this is
>instantaneous the moment you turn on your computer. So if your hard drive
>doesn't have time to warm up first, then will the RamFAST or Apple DMA SCSI
>just skip to slot 6, then 5? And so you will have to wait  and then hit
>OA-CTRL-RESET again after everytime you cold-boot?
>
   On my Sider, the computer waits for the drive to get up to speed.  I was
 wondering if this happens on other drives too?

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