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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Bernoulli & OS/2 questions B4 I buy.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.025934.23955@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1992Nov20.142513@IASTATE.EDU>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 02:59:34 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov20.142513@IASTATE.EDU> scmattic@IASTATE.EDU (Felix the Cat) writes:
- >I need more HD space. (Don't we all?)
- >HD International has a Bernoulli Drive w/ 2 90MB cartridges & Stacker 2.0 for
- >$499 and
- >I'm interested.
- >Questions: How does OS/2 work with the Bernoulli drive?
-
- With the OS/2 2.0 Bernoulli drivers (add $49), reasonably well, I'm
- told.
-
- >It comes with a SCSI controller. How does my PC work with my HD/Floppy
- >controller AND a SCSI device?
-
- No problem.
-
- >Can I format a Bernoulli drive HPFS?
-
- Yes, but...
-
- >Must you reboot to interchange cartridges?
-
- yes, with HPFS.
-
- >Is the 18ms access time too slow? (should I buy a 12ms 210MB drive instead?)
-
- I would suggest you buy a Bernoulli device only if you need removeable
- storage for some reason.
-
- I don't know what the pricing on it is, but I would also look at IBM's
- 3.5 inch removeable media product. IBM's prices have gotten quite
- reasonable as of late.
-
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