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From: jg2f+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jude Anand George)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Syquest-based drives?
Message-ID: <4ZK9jla00jaPM0flxA@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 8 Nov 89 21:34:41 GMT
References: <10433@venera.isi.edu> <1904@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>,
	<1279@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
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Organization: Computing Systems, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu ( ISR group account) writes:
> I have one of MicroNet's R45 models, (single removable). It's been about
[..]
> One interesting point I've noticed is that, if a cartridge is inserted when
> the Mac powers up, it will appear on the desktop or boot from it, but
> if a cartrdige is inserted after the Mac has powered up I have to run 
> something that scans the SCSI bus for the MAc to recognize it. 
> (The MicroNet S/W, SCSI DA, and Jasmine DriveWare all seem to do this)
> I don't know if this is common to all Syquests or just this one.

This is not true of Microtech or PLI drives.  An INIT is provided that
polls the drive every second for insertions, similar to how the Mac ROMs
poll the floppy drive.

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