cjl@ecsvax.UUCP (Charles Lord) (05/31/85)
Now that the hoopla has died down, I would like to know just how good/bad the Sider 10Mb drive is with the Apple. To wit: * Any problems? * Does it really work with DOS3.3,Prodos,CP/M2.2,Pascal? * How easily do the aforementioned op systems co-exist? * How easily can you boot from one system to the other? .. please mail responses to: Charles Lord ...!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl THANKS!
strauss@utai.UUCP (Patrick E. Strauss) (06/04/85)
> > Now that the hoopla has died down, I would like to > know just how good/bad the Sider 10Mb drive is with > the Apple. To wit: > > * Any problems? > * Does it really work with DOS3.3,Prodos,CP/M2.2,Pascal? > * How easily do the aforementioned op systems co-exist? > * How easily can you boot from one system to the other? > > .. please mail responses to: > > Charles Lord > ...!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl > THANKS! Please post the responses in net.micro.apple, since I am sure that very many people (including myself) are also very interested! Thanks Patrick Strauss
meier@sipunix.UUCP (C Michael Meier) (06/04/85)
Can the Sider info be posted (again?), instead of mailed? I for one missed anything about it so far, because we just netted up. I would appreciate it if this is done. (Or better yet, C Lord mail it to me?) Thanks.. Christopher Meier
cjl@ecsvax.UUCP (Charles Lord) (06/14/85)
Quick update: 12 responses so far- 3 users (all favorable) 9 "please post the results" PLEA # 2: IF YOU HAVE OR USE A FCP SIDER, PLEASE POST OR MAIL GOOD AND BAD COMMENTS. THE MASSES WANT TO KNOW!!! (ahem) Thank you. Charles Lord ..!decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!cjl
david@prism.UUCP (06/20/85)
I bought a Sider last January; to my great disappointment, the first one arrived DOA, so I had to ship it back. The turnaround on the replacement was about two weeks. Since then, its been wonderful, and I urge anyone with an interest to forget about that CD player, VCR, or whatever other conspicuous consumable you've been coveting and get serious about your computer. I can't believe I've lived so long without it. The operating system software, partioning the disk into DOS, ProDOS, Pascal, and CP/M regions is generally excellent -- I've experienced no glitches attributable to its presence. (I didn't configure a usable CP/M partition so I can't vouch for it.) The most serious drawback to the system is there is no documentation of the low-level device control; I have some non-standard operating routines (the DOS version of ORCA/M) which require custom disk drivers (the ProDOS version of ORCA works fine). Supposedly, FCP is working on a technical manual (an OK installation manual comes with the system). The other problem, more-or-less generic to such hard disks, is there is no way to write-protect the drive while debugging to secure against wild code causing spurious writes to the drive. It doesn't seem to be as easy to turn on the drive as a disk ii (what could be), and I seem to have been lucky so far. Now if only someone would come out with a cheap *backup* device, we'd be all set. P. S. FCP just did a mailing to its customer list, with coupons offering a $50.00 kickback to owners who refer new business to them. Find someone who already has a Sider, and work out a deal with them! I have no connection to FCP; just a reasonably satisfied customer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Eyes {cca, datacube, ihnp4, inmet, mit-eddie, wjh12}... Mirror Systems, Inc. ...mirror!prism!david -----------------------------------------------------------------------------