Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!labrea!decwrl!sgi!scotth@harlie.SGI.COM From: scotth@harlie.SGI.COM (Scott Henry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Microbotics Stardrive questions Message-ID: <21816@sgi.SGI.COM> Date: 8 Nov 88 23:48:23 GMT References: <6080008@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Sender: daemon@sgi.SGI.COM Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 45 From article <6080008@hpcupt1.HP.COM>, by pdg@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Paul Gootherts): > I have a Starboard II connected to my A1000 and I'm thinking of adding > the Stardrive module so I can hook up a hard disk. I assume it isn't > the faster thing available and that's okay. I like the idea of not > adding another external box to my machine. Here are my questions: > > (1) Does the Stardrive autoboot when you use 1.3 Kickstart/Workbench? No, there are no ROM's associated with the controller, therefore the driver must be loaded from some other disk. It does, however, work to auto-boot off of a very small RAD: partition. I just finished installing 1.3 on my 1000 last night (and, of course, rebooted 3 or 4 times marvelling at no "workbench hand" prompt to re-boot!). I am using a RAD: mountlist of only 9 cylinders, you might squeeze it to 8 wit a little more work than I did. > > (2) Microbotics has only tested a couple of drives. Is there a more > complete list of drives that other people have already tried? (I'm > interested in those that *don't* work as well as those that do.) I am using mine with an Adaptec 4070 (RLL) SCSI controller card, and it works fine. Given the Adaptec card, any ST506/ST412 drive will work with it. I am using a Miniscribe 3.5" 30MB RLL (I don't remember the model number off hand) in a Fry's hard-disk cabinet, and I have room for another drive. > > (3) How fast does it go with the FFS? (Any numbers you've got will be > appreciated.) Faster than with OFS! No numbers, sorry, but noticeably faster response, especially doing directories. > > (4) Where's a good place to go for the drive? (I'm in the Bay Area, and > I don't mind if the price isn't rock-bottom as long as the service > is top notch.) I got my drive at Sunnyvale Memories - good price, but cash only; I didn't have any problems. The drive was in stock (but I didn't get the real drive manual, either). > > Thanks in advance, > Paul Gootherts, Hewlett Packard Co, hpda!pdg Scott Henry, Silicon Graphics, scotth@sgi.com -- Scott Henry {or, also on the Internet:} #include