Re: Question:Is the AE 3 1/2 HD drive hardware or soft

[locutus@ncinter.net (Locutus)]

In article <tcpnntpd.16.9.13.7.19.54.3183328205.46981@lost-gonzo.com>,
<sysop@Lost-Gonzo.com> wrote:

> LO>    I have this AE 800k drive.  I know AE offered an upgrade for theses
> LO>drives so you can using HD disks.  I think you could format them at
> LO>1.6meg.  <You can't  use Mac disks though.  You still need Apple's
> LO>SuperDrive card for that>.
> 
> LO>   Anyways with AE no longer, was the upgrade software or was it
> LO>hardware.  What makes me wonder is because this thing already looks to see
> LO>if its a HD disk.  It won't let you format a HD disk at 800k. :/
> 
> LO>     -Locutus
> 
> 
> i have one...it is a hardware upgrade....but you need to use their
> software to get the 1600k and quite frankly....i had probs getting it to
> take the disks..it would reject 2 out of 3....so it was picky...i only
> got mine cause the drive blew..i sent it in for the upgrade for 75
> bucks...and they just swapped it out....(this is when the drives were at
> 200 bucks..) so my motives were not really to get the 1600 format.
> 
> brad
> lost gonzo
> lost-gonzo.com

   It figures that I would want somthing that 1) didn't work well <I still
want it. ;)> 2) the company is out of business.. :(  Oh well.. I was
hoping it was a software upgrade... ;(

    -Locutus