Re: HDD solution

[sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk (Soenke Behrens)]

100041.1464 <100041.1464@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

>I'm searching for a hard drive solution for my IIe, which is 
>supported by PRODOS, CP/M and UCSD. Which is the best and 
>affordable, too. I heard of an IDE solution to use cheap IDE 
>disks.

Hmm, //e. If I remember, the RamFAST Rev. D does not really support
the //e any more ... anyone confirm or deny this?

So, you really have two choices: Apple High Speed SCSI and TurboIDE.
The Apple card can be had used, the TurboIDE is still made and
supported (jlange@tasha.muc.de).

Note, however, that the TurboIDE will restrict you to two HDs max with
a capacity of 256MB each max (you can stick a 1.8GB IDE drive in, but
only 256MB of it will be used). The "two HD" limit is IDE-specific,
the "256 MB" limit is firmware-imposed.

OTOH, a //e doesn't have HFS. So, 256MB is the limit ProDOS imposes on
you anyhow. Since the TurboIDE really flies in ProDOS (and the Apple
card doesn't), I'd go with the TurboIDE.

Yours
Soenke
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