RE:AE Vulcan Hard Drive

[John.Morris@logicbbs.org]

Johnny Lau said:

>I'll soon be getting the internal Vulcan hard drive from Applied
>Engineering third-hand. And, I recall a lot of talk about its many quirks.
>Anyone like to prepare me for the worst before I install it in my IIgs in
>a //e case.
>Thanks.

Hi Johnny:
I had an AE Vulcan 40 meg H.D. in my GS for a few years and it worked
just fine.  Then it started to have "saved" files "unavailable" or 
"corrupted".  Attempts to obtain these files were unsuccessful.
Advice: Important files, save to disk.
I upgraded the Vulcan drive to "Vulcan Gold" and this did not improve
anything.  (It was supposed to improve the speed of the drive but ....)
I sold the upgrade to a fellow-club-member at LOGIC and he returned it
to me, stating it appeared that the upgrade was imperfect.
I gave up and bought a Quality Computers 240 meg Q-Drive.
No problems since.
Advice:  Go cautiously with the Vulcan H.D.  It could let you down.
John.