Re: Super Wild Card DX 2

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This message was posted by The Dumper, posted on May 15, 2001 at 01:37:51 coming from 216.127.80
This message is a reply to Super Wild Card DX 2 posted from Cricket posted at May 14, 2001 at 16:33:36
> Hello All, I have a question concerning the above piece of hardware. I'm curious about the diskdual, which is a HD/CDROM add on for this device. Does anyone know if it requires a special hd or cdrom? Or will any ole drive do? Also, with this add on attached to the DX 2, does the dx2 have a menu system to load games off the drive? Thanks for your help and time,

First of all, some advice from The Dumper: if you have a SWC DX2 get a DiskDual! Even though the HD can be a pain to set up, it sure is sweet once you get it working.

Any IDE CD-ROM will probably do. If it doesn't spin up fast enough you may get an error, then you just power off and on the DiskDual and retry and it works.

I believe that you should look for a drive with a cylinder limit jumper. See my post from awhile ago on this board about setting up a DiskDual with a HD. FYI, I loaded the files from my PC running Win 98 by plugging the IDE HD directly into my PC, then I moved the drive into the DiskDual. This is much faster than using the DD's parallel interface but it is more challenging.

http://users.cgiforme.com/mbruce/messages/4334.html

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Woohoo, Thanks :) Now, another question Cricket 09:01:10 05/15/01 (5) responses
- Re: You've got no worries if all you order is a DiskDual The Dumper 12:29:55 05/15/01 (4) responses
  - Re: You've got no worries if all you order is a DiskDual Cricket 14:35:35 05/15/01 (3) responses
    - Re: You've got no worries if all you order is a DiskDual The Dumper 01:38:54 05/16/01 (0) responses
    - Hum i'd recommend you to NOT buy a DX2 from FFE.... Bahamut 14:44:37 05/15/01 (1) response
      - Re: DX2s are great units when working properly -- I'd say get one if you can The Dumper 01:45:53 05/16/01 (0) responses

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Message	> > Hello All, I have a question concerning the above piece of hardware. I'm curious about the diskdual, which is a HD/CDROM add on for this device. Does anyone know if it requires a special hd or cdrom? Or will any ole drive do? Also, with this add on attached to the DX 2, does the dx2 have a menu system to load games off the drive? Thanks for your help and time, > First of all, some advice from The Dumper: if you have a SWC DX2 get a DiskDual! Even though the HD can be a pain to set up, it sure is sweet once you get it working. > Any IDE CD-ROM will probably do. If it doesn't spin up fast enough you may get an error, then you just power off and on the DiskDual and retry and it works. > I believe that you should look for a drive with a cylinder limit jumper. See my post from awhile ago on this board about setting up a DiskDual with a HD. FYI, I loaded the files from my PC running Win 98 by plugging the IDE HD directly into my PC, then I moved the drive into the DiskDual. This is much faster than using the DD's parallel interface but it is more challenging. > http://users.cgiforme.com/mbruce/messages/4334.html > TD
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