CompuServe Thread

Brian – I just changed my setup from an A2090 with ST251 drive to a WordSync with a 296N. Zero problems. The Supra software is a breeze to use, and all formatting and mountlist setup is done automatically. I _think_ it'll even ask for your workbench disk when it is done formatting so it can copy to the boot partition (the WordSync supports autoboot with WB 1.3) so that when you're done formatting you can just reboot and go. One minor problem I had – the SCSI cable they include with the WordSync (a 50-pin ribbon cable) is really intended to connect to a drive on the frame (makes it _real_ easy to turn it into a hardcard later) and is too short to reach to the 5.25" drive bay in the 2000 (where the 296N would go). But I just got aabout a 10" length of cable and two connectors from work and built my own. There are places where the cables can be bought (you might ask the place you order the components from) if you can't "roll your own". There is also a 25 (26?) pin connector on the backplate so you can at some point hook up an external SCSI system, too. I have a two-drive setup on another machine that I may someday move using that connector. That's another thing the WordSync has over the 2090 – it supports more than one LUN per SCSI device, something I had been looking for for a while. Hope this helps. Harry