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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Accolades
Message-ID: <5425@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 5 Dec 88 01:41:44 GMT
References: <5710@louie.udel.EDU> <3152@amiga.UUCP> <271@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <271@cs-spool.calgary.UUCP> paquette@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Trevor Paquette) writes:
> > Commodore has provided a *standard* for storing the FastFileSystem on the
> > disk itself in loadable form.  That standard is embodied in the include
> > files  and .  It is currently
> > used by the following folks that I know of...
> >     Great Valley Peripherals (w/ new AutoBoot roms)
> >     MicroBotics HardFrame
> 
>       Sort of a side note here.. can you get the GVP controller or the
> Hardframe with an ST277N and have the WHOLE drive FFS WITHOUT having
> the 1.2 roms in my 2000 replaced by 1.3 roms? Is this type of thing
> possible? I don't need it to autoboot.. I'll wait for 1.4 and the
> other improvements it is suppose to bring.

	Yes - the rigid disk block stuff has nothing to do with 1.3 KS.
THe ONLY new thing in 1.3 KS is that autoboot works.  So, you can have
FFS only with 1.2 roms, or autoboot into FFS with 1.3 roms.

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Randell Jesup, Commodore Engineering {uunet|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!jesup