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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Best hard drive combo
Message-ID: <16542@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 26 Jun 91 19:11:44 GMT
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Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <4774.apple.a2.net@pro-nbs> asong@pro-nbs.cts.com (Andi Song) writes:
>        How do you IIgs hard-drivers do it? Is there a way to instruct the
>CPU to wait for the hard drive to warm up and come on-line (maybe a few
>seconds pause), THEN look in the other slots? How can you make the hard
>drive boot up first if your hard drive is a bit slow getting out of bed?

I use a Conserver, with my disks on one switch and the CPU on another.
I turn on the disks first, and when they are ready, I turn on the CPU.
Works every time.