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OS/2 products.

    15-Jan-93 20:27:53
Sb: #36989-OS/2 products.
Fm: Bill Simonsen 70007,6172
To: Ken Nicholson of _/\/\/~ 75300,2772
>>>>A floppy controller??!? Next you'll be wanting a boot ROM. Actually we've been talking about a boot ROM option in the future. Apparently Trantor gets many calls asking for this. I predicted someone would then want a floppy controller.<<<<< I wish I knew what the hell I was talking about here. <g> The boot ROM is what lets my present HA run without a driver for the HD, yes?? Anyway, with the prevelance of IDE drives, and controllers for HD and FD on motherboards, I can see where the call for a floppy controller on the PAS 16 is minimal. Very few people would need or want to run their hard and floppy drives from the PAS, I guess. As I said I am quite happy with the PAS 16, particularly with the included software. I also needed some help from your tech dept., and they were great, very helpful and prompt. But do you know, if I did buy the cables and drivers, would the speed of my hard drive be limited to 690 KB/s, or is that an arbitrary number??? -Bill