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From: rieman@boulder.Colorado.EDU (John Rieman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Installing non-Apple hard disks
Keywords: hard drive disk Quantum 105
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Date: 5 Jan 90 16:11:39 GMT
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In article <526@tci.bell-atl.com> kingman@tci.bell-atl.com (Matt Kingman) writes:
[in response to the question: will apple's formatting software handle a
105M quantum purchased from a third party:]
>
>No, HD Setup won't work with non-Apple drives. ...  

Just out of curiousity, how does Apple's software *know* it isn't working
with a drive purchased from Apple?  What's the difference between an
internal Quantum 40 or 80 purchased from Apple and one purchased from a 
3rd party?

-john
rieman@boulder.colorado.edu
U. of Colo.