PAR and related hardware
19-Sep-94 20:09:10
Sb: #124480-PAR and related hardware
Fm: Robert A. Weil 75121,2507
To: russel a. watkins 73423,3460
russel –
The largest drive currently supported by the PAR is the Micropolis 2217A IDE
drive, weighing in at 1.6 Gig. SCSIs are not currently supported. You're
correct, this is not one of the SCSI AV drives, but I have yet to see heat
recalibration problems with the drive (I've had it about a month) – although I
bought it a dedicated muffin fan, since it gets incredibly hot, and I've heard
rumors that it can develop problems if left to dissapate heat on its own. (FYI
– I've read about failure problems among the SCSI drives sold by Micropolis as
well).
The PAR supports a slave drive as well (the controller is embedded in the
board) – and two 1.6 gig drives should serve your needs admirably.
BTW, if you are at the Hughes facility here in So. Cal., join us each month for
our 3D Studio user group, which meets in Huntington Beach. If you're a
registered 3D Studio or Animator Pro owner, you'll receive our mailings
directly from Autodesk. Let me know if you're interested.
Hope this info helps.
bob