Re: [HELP] Apple //e concerns & questions...

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>]

Dear Cheezy,
		Yes the disk had to be partitioned as to what drive was in the Symbfile. The
drives were MFM and faced the same problems early XTs and ATs faced with
inserting the right BIOS settings in your CMOS.
 
On Sun, 10 Jun 2001 03:36:45 +0200, Cheezy wrote:

> dans l'article 9ft3lp$n08$1@venus.itns.co.za, Stephen Shaw �
> stephen@apple2.org.za a �crit le 9/06/01 14:09�:
>
>> On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 01:07:47 +0200, Cheezy wrote:
>>
>>> 1) Some time ago, I bought an old Apple //e for a few bucks, and it came
>>> loaded with cards and an external hard drive. This drive, a big grey and
>>> black steel box labelled "SyMBfile" from Symbiotic (the drive inside is
>>> actually a 5 Mb Maxtor MFM drive) was attached to a card in the //e (also
>>> manufactured by Symbiotic). Also present in the //e (appart from a grafstar
>>> parallel card, 80-col exp. card and Disk ][ controller card) was - at least
>>> that's what I was told - a CP/M card. Unfortunately, I never managed to
>>> access the drive, and... I don't even know how! From what I read on various
>>> sites, my guess is both cards were meant to work together. If so, what kind
>>> of software would I need in order to boot that hard drive ? Is there a way
>>> to have the //e see it and format it as Dos or Prodos ?
>>
>> OK, we have the partition disk for the Symbfile. If it doesn't work - it
takes
>
>> about two minutes to spin up - try partitioning it again. I have repaired
>> these, some are quick, others....
>>
>
> What do you mean "we have the partition disk for the Symbfile" ?
> I just don't get it... Do you mean I have TO partition the Symfile drive ?
> What with, then ? How do I even see the drive anyway ?
>
> Cheezy.

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