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

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> 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?


     Evidently, the controller part of the Focus Hard Card drives can
support IDE drives much bigger than 256MB.

     Scott G has described substituting 500MB and larger 2.5" IDE drives
on a Focus card:

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Get a 40MB Focus drive from Alltech.  Get an 800MB IDE
2.5" Quantum GO-drive mech from Computer Shopper sources
for pennies.  Replace the original mech with the big
one (VERY easy and self-explanatory, just use a screw
driver).  Low level format, partition, and high level
format.  That's it!
 
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