From: Jeff Fayne (fayne_at_mcs.com)
Date: Thu Aug 10 1995 - 09:32:52 EDT
Sorry if this was mentioned before, but:
I'm about to upgrade my 340M HD to an 810M drive. I've settled on a
Toshiba MK1926FCV (12.7mm, 13ms) drive (any other suggestions?),
upgraded my BIOS (6/30/95 rev) and actually did a trial upgrade with a
540M Tosh (more on that later) using the original TP drive case method
(it worked :) ).
My question:
What should I do regarding 32-bit disk access, specifically the wdctrl
driver? Whenever I've done a > 528M drive upgrade, I've had to use Disk
Manager which installed it's own 32-bit driver for Windows.
Seeing how the Bios already supports >528M drives, where can I get an
upgraded wdctrl?
About the 540 Tosh trial:
A co-worker needed an upgrade to his Compaq, so I ordered him a MK1924FCV.
Before I installed it in his computer, I tried it in my tpad :) Setup had
no trouble finding it and was able to fdisk/format it for the full 541M.
Performance :
IBM Tosh
Throughput 978kb/s 1,212kb/s
Avg Seek 17.11ms 12.98ms
Trk-Trk 8ms 5.88ms
measured with Checkit-Pro.
Thanks to all on the list who submitted HD upgrade ideas/suggestions.
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