Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!purdue!ames!apple!mattd
From: mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: CMS60 drives
Message-ID: <32618@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Jun 89 01:06:18 GMT
References: <8906220923.AA13640@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <8906220923.AA13640@crash.cts.com> pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tomj@nosc.mil writes:
>
>By the way, I wrote CMS last month and asked several questions.  Here are
>some answers from Jamie Neihaus (CMS Technical Support):
>
>q - Why does the thermometer not work from GSOS?  Is it because a new driver
>is needed?  If so, will you offer one?
>a - CMS drives are completely compatable with the GSOS operating system, with
>the exception that using our card we partition though jumper settings on the
>card rather than through software as does Apple.  The thermometer should work
>fine, if it does not then there may be a conflict perhaps with one of your
>cards or maybe software.  (this doesn't really make sense; all the people who
>own these puppies have the same problem - Tom)
>--
>UUCP: {nosc, cacilj, sdcsvax, hplabs!hp-sdd, sun.COM}
>                        ...!crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tomj
>ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-nsfmat!pro-pac!tomj@nosc.MIL   
>INET: tomj@pro-pac.CTS.COM - BITNET: pro-pac.UUCP!tomj@PSUVAX1

The CMS drive doesn't work with the GS/OS boot thermometer for one reason and
one reason only - the CMS card locks out interrupts for an ungodly period of
time on boot.  If you're trying to use AppleTalk with this card, it will
probably die as well.  As one of the ClarWare guys (Syd?) noted earlier, using
anything that reenables interrupts (such as the GSBug.INIT from APDA) starts
the thermometer on the march once again.


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