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From: jtn@zodiac.ADS.COM (John Nelson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: A question about hard disks (300 megabytes or so)...
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Date: 8 Jan 90 00:09:37 GMT
Organization: Advanced Decision Systems, Mountain View, CA  94043, (415) 960-7300
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Are there any probl;ems with connecting 300 megabyte disks (.vis. 345
Maxtor or Imprimis/Wren) to the Macintosh?  Can the Finder actually
handle that much space?  Do I need to do anything funny with
partitioning the disk or can it be just one big partition.  What if I
do partition the disk?  Can the Finder open each parititon as a
seperate volume?

I'm looking for a new (big) disk for my new machine.  Can the IIx
power supply handle the power requirements of big disks like this?
Even with let's say 3-4 Nubus boards installed along side?


Thanks.




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