Re: Can anyone identify this card?

[salfter@salfter.dyndns.org (Scott Alfter)]

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In article <wTRAb.62$xX3.2526@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au>,
AndyX  <jmullett@aHiGofJ33fOzemail.com.au> wrote:
>Bitchin'! There's one last concern before I try this: How does one use a 
>fixed disk (or removable HDD for that matter) with a IIe?! Well... What 
>I mean by that is the setting up and formatting etc... I'm thinking it 
>doesn't work too well with DOS 3.3?

DOS 3.3 was obsolete at least 18 years ago.  While there are some hacks
(IIRC) that let you use a HD with DOS 3.3, you'll be much better off using
ProDOS.  It supports much larger filesystem sizes (up to 32 MB) and allows
you to set up a hierarchical directory structure to organize your files. 
DOS 3.3 was limited to less than 1 MB per filesystem and used a flat
directory structure.  It was barely passable with 5.25" floppies that held
140K (280K if you notched them); it'd be intolerable with anything larger.

Utility software came with most SCSI cards back in the day to partition and
format drives; the current crop of IDE cards should have something similar. 
If you buy one of the "hardcards" that are available (such as a Focus), the
drive should already be set up; all you'll have to do is plug it in and fire
up the computer.

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