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Offline dnelsonflTopic starter

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Power Computing XL Drive (external HDD) patch/driver?
« on: May 10, 2006, 06:33:00 PM »
Hi, I have a Power Computing XL Drive (external high density) and during quick informal testing, all seemed fine. I've gotten busy with work and all and didn't have time to investigate further. I was reading that apparently a small patch or driver was required to write high density? Is this still true under OS 3.9 and if so where on earth can I locate that patch or driver?

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Re: Power Computing XL Drive (external HDD) patch/driver?
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2006, 06:39:33 PM »
i'm not sure but try this
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Re: Power Computing XL Drive (external HDD) patch/driver?
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2006, 07:25:58 PM »
Yes, it needs this patch. The drive will read/write DD disks no trouble at all, it will read HD disks but it will only format/write DD...
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Re: Power Computing XL Drive (external HDD) patch/driver?
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2006, 11:49:31 PM »
@tahoe,

Thank you for the confirmation and...

@amije

Thank you for the link. I'll give it a try when I have a chance.

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Re: Power Computing XL Drive (external HDD) patch/driver?
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2006, 05:23:57 AM »
And... if you're using a 68060, you'll want to use the patch on this site as the original software doesn't work properly with later CPUs.

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