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- From: Leonard.Short@macrocosm.omahug.org (Leonard Short)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Mac Plus Ext. HD. Any problems?
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- Date: 31 Aug 92 08:57:39 CST
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- Organization: The MacRocosm BBS, Lawrence, KS
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- Ken Wessen asked of all
- KW>
- KW> I wish to buy an external SCSI hard disk for a mac plus, but some
- KW> people have mentioned that there may be problems due to the slow speed
- KW> of the plus. If I got just an ordinary third party Quantum SCSI hard
- KW> disk and formatted with a 3:1 interleave ratio, would there be any
- KW> problems? I certainly dont want to have to buy an old apple 20 or 40
- KW> meg disk. Thanks for any help Ken
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- There would be no problem. Just be sure to formatt the disk with the correct
- interleave for the Plus. If you get a Quantum disk that has a built in Cache,
- You won't even have to worry about the interleave these disks will take care of
- it automatically.
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