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- From: neus@msg.ti.com (Mike Neus)
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- Subject: Re: Questions on Upgrading CMD HD
- Date: 11 Mar 1996 18:59:48 GMT
- Organization: Texas Instruments
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- In article <4gr9uf$ekd@ns1.thpl.lib.fl.us>, sfxu@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us says...
- >
- >Paul (amazon@us1.channel1.com) wrote:
- >
- >: I have a CMD 20 meg hard drive and would like to find out how I can
- >: upgrade the HD device to a bigger Meg Hard Drive.
- >
- >: I have a catolog from an Amiga Deal who is selling the following used
- >: hard drives.
- >
- >: Quantum 3.5 scsi
- >: Maxror 3.5 scsi
- >: connor 3.5 scsi
- >: Seagate 3.5 scsi
-
-
- Uuuuughhh!
-
- > Before you run out and buy a larger drive, there are a few things to
- >remember about CMD Drives. Although they use the SCSI IBM drives, not
-
- SCSI is NOT an IBM standard.
-
- >all are compatable with CMD. Seagate and Quantum would be your best
- >bet. Maxror? Never ran across them, so I will not comment on
- >compatability. As for Connor, be careful, most likely they are not
- >compatable. Commor only had a few years that they exactly had good
- >compatability with CMD. CMD had problems for years with them due to
- >certain chips they used. I talked to a tech at CMD once because I picked
- >up a Connor replacement drive. Evectually, CMD stopped using Connor a
- >couple years back.
-
- To bad, Connor makes very dependible drives. Never had a lick of trouble
- with any three of mine, even after droping my 420 (accidentally) about 3 feet
- onto the pavement. I have a Connor hooked to my CMD right now. Works fine
- for me! I would definately stay away from Maxxtor. I don't know about their
- SCSI drives, but their IDEs barely work in pairs.
-
- > Also, if you upgrade the drive yourself, you DOS may not be upgraded
- >to accept the larger megage. You could put a full gig on line, but if
- >the DOS is written for 40 megs, your system will only use 40 megs of the
- >gig possible. You may have to locate a CMD system matching the megage
- >you have to put in. Use that DOS language and format the drive so you
- >use maximum effeciency.
-
- You've never done this before, have you. You do not need to upgrade your
- DOS. You do not have to find a CMD system with matching "megage". A power
- supply, and a SCSI cable, and the utility disk that ships with the drive are
- all that is needed.
-
-