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From: ephraim@think.COM (Ephraim Vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Apple HD80SC... Quantum ???
Keywords: Mac II internal Hard Disk Quantum
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Date: 16 Jan 89 14:37:24 GMT
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In article <19105@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> c60c-4bj@web-4d.berkeley.edu (Rob Pfile) writes:
>	I have an ad here for a Quantum Q280 for $495. I need
>to know if this is the same as the disk shipped with Mac II
>from the factory.

At one time (about 1.5 years ago), Q280s shipped by Apple had a
special ROM.  I don't know if this is still true or if Apple's changes
have been integrated into the production ROM.  Try comparing the
version numbers marked on the ROMs if you can get a good look at both
varieties.

>	Also, what is a practial upper bound on hard disk size for
>Macs today? I know that the desktop file blows up around 190K or so.
>Does anyone know what is the largest practical disk size? If I can
>get away with it, I'd like to go beyond 80megs...

This depends on your style of usage.  If you're a software "collector"
with hundreds of different applications on your disk, your Desktop
file will swell quickly.  You can avoid this with partitioning
software and careful distribution of the applications.  In my office,
most of the disk (over 200 meg on a 320 meg disk) is taken up with
text files for a document retrieval system.  The Desktop remains
agreeably small.

Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214

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