#: 4758 S15/Hot Topics
    29-Jun-90  22:53:43
Sb: #4700-#Special deal
Fm: Scott t. Griepentrog 72427,335
To: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111 (X)

Interjecting reply for Paul:

It's necessary to reformat the hard drive because B&B uses the 512 byte sector
format since it's a PC controller, whereas it is more common to use the 256
byte sector format with OS9, because SCSI does support it.  If the driver is
written to handle it, it is possible to set up SCSI to use a 512 byte format
under OS9 using the same 2 sectors in every 1 on disk format that the B&B does.

However, I personally would suggest against trying to convert a B&B drive to
use on the MM1.  It requires you obtain a SCSI controller, and steal the hard
drive from your CoCo.  Imbedded SCSI drives (that is, with a controller built
into the drive) are much faster and more reliable.  And, they're not all that
expensive anymore, as they are fast becoming the preferred type of drive (even
amoung PC'ers) because of their speed, reliablity, and large sizes.  My
recommendation to people is to leave your CoCo intact and invest in a better
drive for the new machine...

StG

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