Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac.hardware:4550 comp.periphs.scsi:794 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!urlichs From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: New 320Meg SCSIs < $1000 (quantity purchase?) Message-ID: Date: 25 Jul 90 19:27:10 GMT References: <4af5L4e00WB9I8nv1H@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG Lines: 26 In comp.periphs.scsi, article <4af5L4e00WB9I8nv1H@andrew.cmu.edu>, rc3h+@andrew.cmu.edu (Ross Ward Comer) writes: < Duel@cup.portal.com (Omid M Farr) writes: < > ... are pretty good, but I was able to pick up a CDC/Seagate 209 meg < > unformatted for $549. I got it from NCA Peripherals. (408-970-0286, < > 800-321-4003). ... < < Ok, but will this work in my SE/30? In other words, what do I have to < do to get this to work, besides taking out my current 40M drive and < inserting this drive? And if it's complicated (ie requires extra < hardware, rewiring, etc), is there a (relatively) cheap drive that's < plug 'n play? < It's mostly plug-and-play, except that you have to format the beast, install a partition table and a suitable driver. Two ways to do this: (a) browbeat the Apple driver into accepting that drive (non-trivial because it's not always a clean decision which of the hardwired product IDs to replace) or (b) buy SilverLining; it's very good and can do some neat tricks, including password protection, multiple volumes on the drive, resizing partitions (with _data_ on them...), speed testing, a real thorough find-and-map-out-bad-sectors tester, and lots more... -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(Voice)/621227(PEP)