reyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (04/17/91)
Greetings, I've just received a SupraDrive Hard Disk from a friend, but I can't seem to get it working on my ST. I'm very new at hard drives, so everything I've done is experimental. About all I've been able to do is test the access speed with HDCHCK13.TOS! I think my problem is that I need a copy of the utilities that go with the hard drive (i.e. Supra's utilities). But neither my friend nor I have them. (is this assumption correct? i.e., I can't use non-Supra utilities on a Supra drive? I tried HDX and no-go.) So, that means I need a copy of these utilities. Is there any reason why someone can't mail them to me? (I've got the drive, it should be legal to have the utilities, too!) If not, does anyone have a copy they can send me??? Please??? FYI, my setup is (and don't laugh): Atari 520ST TOS1.0 1 DSDD drive, 1 SSDD drive SC1224 Monitor 20 MB SupraDrive, upgraded to 50 MB (w/ a Seagate ST157N I believe) Thanks, David S. Rowell REYY@Vax5.cit.cornell.edu (Internet) .sig available upon request
fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) (04/20/91)
In article <1991Apr16.234953.4088@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> reyy@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >I think my problem is that I need a copy of the utilities >that go with the hard drive (i.e. Supra's utilities). But >neither my friend nor I have them. (is this assumption >correct? i.e., I can't use non-Supra utilities on a Supra >drive? I tried HDX and no-go.) You should be able to use any utilities, including HDX. However, you will have to tell HDX the parameters of the drive (#heads, cylinders, sectors, etc.) in order to format the drive properly. Since you've upgraded the drive by replacing the mechanism, even the Supra utilities might not work for you. They know about the mechanisms that Supra uses but not necessarily about the one you put in. Have you tried calling Supra for a copy of the utilities? They might be willing to send them to you if you can furnish them with a serial number. -- ================================================== | Michael Fischer <fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu> | ==================================================