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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: zip vs EZ /squirrel,datflyer,accelerator
- Date: 10 Mar 96 11:21:22 +0500
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- On or about 07-Mar-96 19:25:23 _jackal typed the following words about "zip vs
- EZ /squirrel,datflyer,accelerator". My reply is thus...
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- Hi _jackal,
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- _> hi there
- _> i would like to find out were i can find old
- _> comp.sys.amiga.hardware posts on the zip vs ez debate as i only got to see
- _> the last load of posts after 27/2/96. If they arent anywhere can anyone gi
- _> a summary particularly if i copuld boot from one or the other rather than
- _> internal ide hard drive.
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- You can boot from a ZIP drive just fine. Don't know about an EZ but I don't
- see why it wouldn't work. I have a boot disk here for my ZIP that has my
- entire SYS: partition on it. Just set the boot priority in the RDB higher than
- your normal boot device and it works just fine.
-
-
- _> To add to this on a similiar request are there any ways of adding a
- _> scsi controller that doesnt take up 100% cpu time like the squirrel does ?
- _> other options i can think of are the dataflyer and an scsi controller adde
- _> accelerator card.
-
- _> thanx for your time
-
- _> _jackal
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