frank@odetics.com (Frank Merrow) (10/11/90)
Hi, I am starting to think about what I want on the new system I am planing on getting. Among the choices is what kind of disc to get (I have fairly large needs). One idea is to get at least 100 Megs. Another idea is to get a more standard 40 Megs and then something like a Bernouli (sp?) drive. The idea of having many 40 meg removable partitions at $100 each is interesting. The question I have is how compatable are these guys? Can you run Mace or Norton on one? Will Fastback etc. etc. etc work? Comments and Warning will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance. Frank frank@odetics.com
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (10/12/90)
> I am starting to think about what I want on the new system I am planing on > getting. Among the choices is what kind of disc to get (I have fairly large > needs). One idea is to get at least 100 Megs. Another idea is to get a more > standard 40 Megs and then something like a Bernouli (sp?) drive. The idea > of having many 40 meg removable partitions at $100 each is interesting. The > question I have is how compatable are these guys? Can you run Mace or > Norton on one? Will Fastback etc. etc. etc work? Comments and Warning > will be greatly appreciated. > Don't know much about Bernoulli Box; though I've played with a 10 MB 8 inch version for a while. I'm under the impression that they uses special proprietary controller. And is quite expensive. Personally, I go with SyQuest 555 removable hard drive. 44 MB catridge (actually more like 42 MB) in 5-1/4 inch format (about 1/2 inch thick). Uses standard SCSI interface (as far as I can tell -- worked with Adaptec 1542A and Always IN-2000). Runs pretty decent, 29 ms ave. seek time and 500Kbyte/sec transfer rate with IN-2000. Pretty cheap compared to Bernoulli. The drive with one catridge is around $500+ (cf. Bernoulli's ~$1000, unless price changes a lot lately). One catridge is $79 from Hard Drive International. Never have problem with it. By the way, I did tried backup with FASTBACK using the SyQuest as the backup media. Have to go through standard DOS device and write a file to the SyQuest. Backup speed is not incredible but reasonably fast. Probably on par with a streaming tape. Now, since it uses SCSI, you can also plug SCSI hard disk onto the same one adapter. Just speaking as a satisfied customer. Regards, ## Life is fast enough as it is ........ Peter Lim. ## .... DON'T PUSH IT !! >>>-------, ########################################### : E-mail: plim@hpsgwg.HP.COM Snail-mail: Hewlett Packard Singapore, : Tel: (065)-279-2289 (ICDS, ICS) | Telnet: 520-2289 1150 Depot Road, __\@/__ ... also at: pnl@hpfipnl.HP.COM Singapore 0410. SPLAT ! #include <standard_disclaimer.hpp>