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From: rsilverman@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Disk drive for Apple LaserWriter II NTX
Message-ID: <13374@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 90 19:59:22 GMT
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In article <4616@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi>, tml@hemuli.tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes:
> We have a few DataFrame XP20 SCSI disks lying around unused and I
> tried to attach one of them to an Apple LaserWriter II NTX.  No
> success.  The LW doesn't seem to notice the disk drive.  I tried the
> diskonline operator, which returned false.  (The same disk works well
> when attached to a Mac II, so I don't think there is anything wrong
> with it.)  Any suggestions?

Tor,

I have not personally hooked up a disk to a LaserWriter, however, I did read
about the disk-related operators once.  I think you need to initialize the disk
first, with an operator named "initializedisk" or some such, probably in
statusdict.

                                                Richard Silverman

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