Re: Sider hard drive

[denisf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Denis Fafard)]

cust_ts@kruuna.Helsinki.FI (Tero Sand) writes:

> 
> In case the drive indeed turns out to be a Sider, does anybody have any
> idea if/where Paul might get his hands on the format/partition
> utilities? Alternatively, can he get from anywhere the ROM that makes
> the Sider all-ProDOS? Since FCP has been defunct so long, this is
> probably a long shot, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
> -- 

 I have a Sider D4T (40 meg Turbo) that I got while at Boston Applefest
quite a few years ago. The demo model that I was wanting to buy was not
an all ProDOS format, but the dealer said he'd take it back to his hotel
and format it for ProDOS. This would indicate to me that the utility he 
used was not for public use.  I have had need to format it from time to
time, and I simply use the GS/OS advanced disk utilities. 

 Sider's partitions are fixed and can't be changed.  All that said, I 
would have to say that you'd need one of the company's inside utilities 
to affect any changes.

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Denis Fafard   denisf@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca   
Edmonton Remote Systems   Serving Edmonton/Northern Alberta since 1982