CompuServe Messages

The Plus Development Hardcard XL 50 makes a nice addition to the AT BB. It appears to be a well designed card (best looking hardcard that I have seen to date). It is quite fast (bridge board is almost a pleasure to use. It would be if it wasn't for the OS 🙂 ). The card clears the Zorro II connector quite nicely (most do not). Installation is a snap except that you MUST rename "format!com" to "format.com" for the installation to work (that one is not their fault). The one sour apple is that the card won't boot with revs 3.5/3.6 of the bios. The Plus Development folks told me that BEFORE I bought the card. In fact the guy was really concerned that I clearly understood him. He did say that they are trying to fix the problem by working with the bios writer. On the positive side, the boot from floppy and switch to hd is almost complete by the time that the amy SS is complete anyway. The boot from floppy to hd is complete considerably quicker than a boot through janus! As far as I am concerned, having to have a bootable disk in the A: drive is a minor inconvenience for such a high performance drive. BTW, directories list much nicer too…… I had not thought about the fact that much of the screen disturbance is due to the disk related data that must be transfered rather than the display data. I mark this one a highly recommended. Usual disclaimers apply: your mileage may vary; I don't work for the folks; if your machine blows up, I am probably legally certifiable anyway…… 73, bill