Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ucla-cs!uci-ics!truesdel
From: truesdel@ics.uci.edu (Scott Truesdell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Removable "HD"s -- are they worth it?
Message-ID: <20300@paris.ics.uci.edu>
Date: 31 Jul 89 18:16:35 GMT
References: <9095@venera.isi.edu> <3000@blake.acs.washington.edu> <458@asterix.drev.dnd.ca>
Sender: news@paris.ics.uci.edu
Lines: 22

louis@asterix.drev.dnd.ca (Louis Demers) writes:

>> 	They're essentially all the same, but the difference lies in the
>> formatting software and utilities (i.e., the goodies) the manufacturers
>> throw in.  For example, Mass Micro throws in a whole bunch of stuff that
>> makes it highly attractive. 

>	And that means that you can't use the cartriges to exchange data
>between owners of different drives.  If you settle on on manufacturer,
>you should stick with that one.  On way to get out of this impass
>would be to find a driver/installer that would work on both brands
>of drives.

I have detected no difference when using cartridges which have been
formatted in different OEM'd SyQuests with different drivers. I have
exchanged between several different OEM's units. Each cartridge has
performed according to which driver was loaded into the Mac. 

  --scott

--
Scott Truesdell