Re: Can a GS run IDE drives greater than 256MB?

[wsmith@NOSPAM.ctron.com (Will Smith)]

On 17 Feb 1998 12:42:22 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

|>Can the GS run IDE drives greater than 256MB in size?  Some years ago,
|>I remember a card called the Turbo IDE that interfaced the GS with IDE
|>drives, but it had a limit of 256MB per drive and a maximum of two drives
|>per card.  Are there any other controllers that break this limit?

i heard about this from Nathan's FAQ (thanx, Nathan!)...  i wrote to
them about it, and they sent me specs.  VERY promising!  <evil grin>
here's a couple clips of what they said  (one is their contact
address, the other is a list of SOME of the specs...  <g>):


Address for inquiries and orders:
 
///SHH SYSTEME
Dipl. Ing. Joachim Lange
Bergstrasse 95
82131  Stockdorf
Germany
 
phone:  Germany - 89 - 8577040 (19.00 to 23.00 CET)
 
e-mail addresses:
 
Internet:    jlange@tasha.muc.de   <--- preferred
Compuserve:  73370.3106
            (73370.3106@compuserve.com  for the internet)



Main Features
--------------
 
- This is the fastest hard disk controller ever built for
  the Apple II. (see data transfer rate)
 
- The only IDE hard disk controller (except its predecessor
  Turbo IDE Card) for the Apple II that supports DMA (Direct
  Memory Access) for fastest disk access.
 
- Fully PRODOS and GS/OS compatible.
 
- Works in any slot except slot 3.
 
- Compatible with Apple IIGS and Apple IIe enhanced.
 
- Supports two hard drives up to 2 (two) GBytes capacity each.

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