max@max386.eng.hou.compaq.com (Max Heffler) (01/12/91)
I placed an order this morning for a RamFAST/SCSI board through Quality Computers and told me about a rumour of hard disks getting trashed that was floating around Genie/Compuserve. Not having access to Genie and/or Compuserve, I don't remember reading anything about this on Usenet. Has anybody here these problems and/or have you seen any of these rumours on Genie/Compuserver/AOL? Quality is holding up the order until they test with new firmware. Does anybody know what is the environment from the problem systems? Thanx in advance... -- Max Heffler internet: max@compaq.com Compaq Computer Corp. uucp: ..!cs.utexas.edu!compaq!max P.O. Box 692000 - 050701 phone: (713) 378-8366 Houston, Texas 77269-2000
llee@gnh-starport.cts.com (Larry Lee) (01/17/91)
Max, I myself have a RamFAST SCSI card for my ROM 03 GS, and I have had NO problems. The rumor about trashed hard disks MAY be about the recent beta-testing of ROM 2.0, an upgrade for the RamFAST currently in the works which will allow support for removable media. | ProLine.: llee@gnh-starport | Millions long for immortality who | | UUCP....: crash!gnh-starport!llee | don't know what to do on a rainy | | InterNet: llee@gnh-starport.cts.com | Sunday afternoon. | | AO .....: Watch this space! | -- Susan Ertz |
joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) (01/17/91)
Max, I think the RamFast has problems with CDC WrenRunner drives. They are HUGE expensive drives not often found on Apple II's but some people will try anything. By the book, they should work, but CV Tech suspects that there is some quirk in the CDC Wren's that keeps them from doing so. Since they are very expensive drives, and very few people would use them on the Apple II. CV Tech told me they don't want to buy one just to find out. They told me that they would, however, be glad to pay shipping and handling both ways if someone could send them a sample drive to test with their card for a few days. I have had a RamFAST running with a seagate SCSI drive for a month or so now and I cannot complain at all. Boy is that sucker FAST! You might be able to buy one through TMS (CMS) peripherals. They advertise in the back of A+ Incider and have pretty good pricing. Seymour
kimbrennan@gnh-starport.cts.com (Kim Brennan) (01/22/91)
Ramfast troubes with the CDC WrenRunner????? Hmm, I haven't heard of a WrenRunner before (but then again I'm not one to browse hardware catalogs...well not weekdays). I've a CDC Wren III. The only two SCSI boards that can see it are the OKS MultiKache and the RamFast. This is probably just peculiar to my Wren, though, since I've heard of one person with a Wren IV on a GS (not sure which SCSI board, though).