#PAR questions
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are you te compuserve contact for DPS?
If so I have 2 questions:
1> what is the latest version of the software and can I get it on compuserve?
2> I just added a micropolis 1gig slave drive and I am paranoid at the format
command in partest….if I say ok to format will it format both drives or give
me a choice? I know that sounds like a stupid question but I kind of feel like
the software still has some bugs/loopholes and my documentation stops just
before it addresses that command option. (the software release is 1.30b)
>>PMJI
Michael,
I have encountered major problems formatting the PAR drives and have learned
the hard way with the formatting of the second drive/slave. DPS suggested to
use the PAR application to format the slave, but this crashed my master drive.
I tried to format the slave from the DOS command line using PARDRV.EXE
-format:s and that formatted the master drive (this looks like a bug in the
software). So to answer your question, use the partest like you have already
tried and continue through the WARNINGS and the finial question will ask you
master/slave and you choose slave and every thing will be O.K.
The latest software for the PAR is 1.5 and it is now a official release, not
beta. You can get the software from there BBS there number is (416) 754-8368,
or it was just posted in the Hware/OpSys/Video section of this forum.
>>are you te compuserve contact for DPS?<< This message was addressed to Jamie
Carr and he is with IN:SYNC. This company handles a great NLE program called
Razor Pro, a must have program!!! Especially with a second drive you can use
Razor Pro to produce compositions from the master drive and output them to the
slave drive from within Windows (as soon as DPS releases there new MCI divers
for windows), Razor Pro is the FASTEST way for doing any type of edits using
the PAR.
Mike Morgan, CAD Forms Inc.
I couldn't find the PAR updated driver in the HWare library, am I missing
something?
Michael,
The file was uploaded and it took a day or so to show up on the forum. It is
called PAR150.exe and it is in LIB #6, at least last time I looked it was
there.
I missed the first part of your message on the over heating Micropolis drives.
If you can you need to separate them, two hot drives together make a great
toaster or a muffin warmer<G>. A couple suggestions, if you can stick your 3.5"
floppy between them by moving the drives around, and another possibility is to
mount the other hard drive above your power supply if there is room (you might
have to build a custom hanger, but that area works great). I have not had any
problems with the master/slave, but I do have a tower with two fans and there
is enough room for the drives to ventilate.
My second drive is in a removable/pullout tray with a small fan, this allows
me to turn off the drive and to swap the slaves if needed.
Mike Morgan, CAD Forms Inc.
thanx for the advice. I'll be trying the fan option and moving the drives…
I really appreciate the response…..I'd hate to burn out $1.5k in hardrives
that aren't even paid off yet.