Re: hard drive questions

[Stephen Shaw <bottrawler@junkbuster.zzn.com>]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2002 03:23:45 GMT, Jim Conger wrote:

> On Tue, 25 Jun 2002 18:42:18 -0700, Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>
> wrote:
>>Jim Conger wrote:
>>The CFFAs are so much faster it'll feel like your computers are running
>>several times as fast
>
> I've been pleased so far with the speed.  It is a bit spooky to boot
> my //e silently... I grew up with the sounds of a Disk ][.
>
> I also plan to experiment with backing up the CFs with good old dd and
> compress (dd if=/dev/sda | compress)... should work as long as I
> restore to the same or larger CF.  I have some ProDOS and DOS 3.3 file
> system drivers for Linux, so I may have a quick way to transfer files
> to CD.  With OS X, you can probably do the same.
>
>>You can download a late version of the Sider manual from my website.
>>The Software's there too but it seem that PCs have difficulty with that
>>subdirectory. If so, let me know and I'll email them too you.
>>http://homepage.mac.com/waynes
>
> I have a manual, but I could really use the software.  The manufacture
> date is "0586", so that must be 05/86.  I tried your site with my
> browsers (Mozilla .9-something and Netscape 4.77 on Linux) as well as
> from IE.  Something strange there if none of those work.  I'd very
> much appreciate you e-mailing the software!
>

If using Linux try using gFTP, instead of Mozilla, it handles FTP and HTTP and
resumes downloading broken connections too. Also, what about Galeon which uses
wget to download.

>>The Sider is a really noisy drive even when new. If it's become more
>>noisy since you acquired it that's a different story. Since brand new
>>mine has clicked and grunted when starting up. It chirps and grinds
>>when it reads and writes. Came across another drive a short while ago
>>and it sounds the same.
>
> That description sounds a lot like the noises this one makes.  It was
> in my high school's library while I was a student there.  I guess the
> large room kept it from sounding so loud.  In my home office, it's
> pretty noticeable.
>
> Jim

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