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From: chris@com50.c2s.mn.org (Chris Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: sun scsi drive in a mac?
Message-ID: <1990Jul30.172530.9530@com50.c2s.mn.org>
Date: 30 Jul 90 17:25:30 GMT
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In article <3476@ursa-major.SPDCC.COM> cliff@ursa-major.spdcc.COM (Cliff Spencer) writes:
>If I put a Quantum 105 mb from a Sun into my Mac II should I expect it to work?
>I have heard that the physical interface is somehow munged on the Sun. Is this true? 
>What will I need to format the drive? (public domain hopefully).

No, Sun did not alther the physical interface.  Cabling should be plug-n-play.

You will need some sort of Mac software that will allow labeling and driving
generic SCSI drives, unless the latest & greatest Mac system software was
generalized to do that.  As of System 6.0 and before, the Mac software
only recognized and correctly handled Apple supplied hard drives.  I believe
there are a number of shareware/freeware programs that will do what you
want, however.
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