Tom, Just some rambling thoughts ••••••••.
I am 72 years old having worked as a statistician for about two years (in 1954) and then a systems/analyst/(and occasional manager and Project lead) from 1956 to 1991. In 1958, I first programmed at the bit level on a 650-RAMAC (if memory serves) which programming experience then was interspersed with a lot of boolean logic in developing and implementing on the fly circuits for IBM Unit Record equipment. Since then I have had much experience in over 10 languages and numerous large scale and small scale systems and hardware. The reason I am mentioning this, is that I have seen and been actively present almost at the birth of the use of main frame computers in the business world and I have never failed to be amazed but not surprised at each sucessive development. My latest amazement is but a continuation of a science fiction story I read many years ago wherein multi-celled creatures had developed the communication to support a collective brain and when any indiviual developed some experience or some insight (it was science fiction), the collective whole was immediately privy to that new knowledge. Which leads to this thought: "In such a full sea are we now afloat, And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose out ventures."** It is not only this chat group that has a collective mind but also the actions of so-called bloggers who can discredit a self serving propagandist at CBS which bloggers have revealed yet another collective mind not necessarily dissassociated with this chat group but more probalby overlapping. ** Shakespeare is still appropriate: from Julius Caesar ACT IV, sc. iii line 222-224. Mel Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Tom Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was surprised at this remark. Do I interpret > that a > > 4GB drive with two 2GB partitions will work on a > > standard Mac IIci? > > Yes, indeed! I have one running inside an old SE/30 > right now, and it's terrific. It basically > acts as my classic mac file server; I store all > those wonderful tidbits from various classic mac > sites. It's amazing how much 4GB will hold, when the > programs are the itsy-bitsy ones from the > System 6 days... > > As to specific instructions on how to divide a drive > into multiple partitions, it varies from > program to program. Apple's own HD SC Setup will do > it, but many folks find the partitioning > process mysterious with that particular tool (but > it's free). I remember struggling a little bit > with it the first time around, and I thought I was > fairly experienced at the time. Other HD > formatters include FWB Toolkit, which has many > features, is more intuitive, but is not free. > Someone else mentioned Gamba's site, where you can > find many other formatters. The URL is > home.earthlink.net/~gamba2 (just look for the links > to HD stuff). > > But the basics are these: When you first setup a > drive from zero, you will at some point have to > partition the drive. The default is to use the > entire drive as one massive partition, but that's > not the only choice. You can carve it up into almost > as many pieces as you'd like, and not all > of the partitions have to be MacOS partitions (e.g., > you could have one for Linux, another for > system 7, etc.). Aside from specifying the total > number of partitions, you will have options for > specifying the size of each partition. Set the > latter to 1.95GB (1.99 would probably work, but > I'm conservative), then complete the rest of the > setup (driver installation, initialization, > etc.). > > If you get stuck, write back. Someone here will > definitely be able to help out. > > Good luck! > > --Cheers, > Tom > > > -- > Prof. Thomas H. 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