Re: HD and controller for gs

[lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

dreamer@ods.sol.net writes:

<I've been informed that the Rev. D is a better card, but not usable on a
<//e.  I would suggest getting that instead.  As for 200Mb, why stop
<there?  I believe, with the firmware on the RamFast, that you can access
<all the partitions on a drive that's larger than that.  Also, I seem to
<recall something about partitioning/formatting on a Mac and then using
<it on a GS...Just some thoughts...

why boher with teh Mac?  Format it on the GS - you have your choice of ProDOS
(32MB partitions) and HFS - theoretically something like 4Gig partitions.
So - that puts paid to the size discussion.

The Ramfast is the card of choice, but the Apple Hi Speed will work just
fine (it's a little slower, but cheaper)

I THINK the latest version of ProDOS allows you to access something like
12 ProDOS partitions/volumes, and I DON'T think the RamFAST improves
on this, though I could be wrong.

Lurch