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- From: Fergus O'Hea <sccs6104@bureau.ucc.ie>
- Subject: Re: REVIEW: EZ135 and Amiga 1200
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- X-Xxdate: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 12:30:19 GMT
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- Organization: University College Cork
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- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 12:26:50 GMT
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- >After installing the drivers I had to format the device. I just rebooted
- >my system from the enclosed floppy drive and clicked on DF-Prep. This
- >takes you to a menu where you can choose to either autoinstall or do it
- >manually. If you choose manual installation, you can set the buffer,
- >device name, max transfer, etc. I chose autoinstall.
- >
- >***NOTE: You can only have ONE partition on the disk.***
-
- Well that must be a limitation of your controller and/or prep software. I
- have an EZ drive on a GVP 4008 controller and I can put as many partitions
- as I like on there. It behaves exactly like a regular SCSI drive.
-
-
- >That's it! Just reboot and you're ready to go. The drive works just like
- >a HDD. One note, you must have a cartridge in the EZ135 when you boot
- >your computer or you WILL NOT be able to boot. the sytem just keeps warm
- >booting over and over.
-
- Same again, mine boots fine without a cart. However, the EZ drive has to
- be powered on if it is connected to the SCSI bus otherwise the machine
- won't boot.
-
-
- >If you already have a SCSI interface, all you have to do is install the
- >drivers and format the drive. Remember, NO PARTITIONS!
- >
- >The cartridge formats to 127 MB's. I think this drive is better than the
- >ZIP drive (it's two times faster, has 35% more capacity, and has a better
- >warrenty) and I also like its funky design.
-
- You think??! :-) It's miles better. The ZIP is crap by comparison...
-
-
- Regards,
-
- Fergus.
-
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