In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Timothy
Swenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>I want to bounce an idea off the collective. I just picked up a Syquest
>EZ-Flyer 230 (EIDE) with about a dozen disks. I've already got two IDE
>devices on my Q40 (HD and CDROM). I'm thinking about putting in the
>Syquest in the Q40 and only hooking it up when I needed it (mostly for backup).
An excellent device ... in my opinion. I have a SCSI one ( 230Mb )
hooked up to my RISC OS system.
Don't restrict yourself just to 'backup'. I use mine just like a
standard hard drive ... i.e. run any software you like from it. I even
'turn off' my main hard drive, which is also an external SCSI, and use
the SyQuest as the main hard drive :-) ... it has the advantage of being
both quick and quiet.
>Essentially I would turn the Q40 off, crack the case, switch the power and
>IDE cable from the CDROM to the Syquest, turn on the Q40 and go about using
>the Syquest. I'd reverse the procedure to get the CDROM back.
There should still be a spare cable for a second hard drive, even if you
have a CD-ROM in place ( ? ); or there is a doubler cable available ...
thinking 'PC' ... I don't know how the Q40 is in this hardware sense.
>Does this sound like a good idea? Has anybody tried the Syquest on the Q40?
Probably ?
>BTW, I got the Syquest free, so if I can't use it on the Q40, no
>problem. A friend of mine is moving from an apartment in San Francisco to
>an RV (where he'll travel and find jobs in different towns). He was giving
>most of the stuff in his apartment to friends. Besides the Syquest I got a
>boat-load of 80's records. I know if I kept him as a friend for the past
>20 years it would pay off :-).
Well, if the SyQuest is free, you have a wonderful device to use on any
machine that you care to put it on !
I am looking out for another one myself :-) ... IDE ... parallel port
... or SCSI.
PS - 135Mb disks also work fine in the 230Mb drive that you have now
got. So, build up a library !
--
Malcolm Cadman
