Re: Apple //e HD question

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nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) wrote:
>In article <01bc69d7$8fd02800$2a880fcf@chesster.pcl.net>,
>Jason Whorton <chesster@pcl.net> wrote:
>>I have an IBM 320MB SCSI hard drive that might be available for use
>>as a hard drive in my //e.
>
>   The major problem with SCSI drives on a //e is that ProDOS
>partitions are limited to 32MB each, and that ProDOS is limited to 14
>devices max, with 5.25" drives and anything else counting against
>that. HFS is not available as a choice for partitions on the
>//e. Thus, there's an effective maximum usable size for HDs on a //e.
>The 320MB drive is just about that size if you've got a few other
>devices in the system.

Nate, correct me if I'm wrong, but can't the RamFAST pick and
choose which HD partitions show up?  Can't you have theoretically
50 or more partitions and then choose the 14 volumes that get
mapped?  I don't have a RamFAST, so I can't verify this, but that's
what I read.

-Scott G.