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From: dmb@wam.umd.edu (David M. Baggett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Hard Drives with Removable Media
Summary: questions for HD wizards
Keywords: SCSI removable-cartdrige hard drives
Message-ID: <1990Aug4.130418.16370@wam.umd.edu>
Date: 4 Aug 90 13:04:18 GMT
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In the most recent Computer Shopper there are several places where 
a Syquest 44Meg 20ms cartdridge drive is advertised for < $600.
It's a SCSI device and I've got a BMS card, so I should be able
to hook it up to my ST, right?

The only concern I have is that I'm not sure how the ST will 
react to changing the cartridge in the Syquest.  Is "media changed"
a SCSI command/message?  If so, will the BMS (or PD ICD) driver
recognize the change?  Or will I have to reboot to load a new
cartridge?  The same goes for formatting -- will the BMS software
know how to format a cartridge?

Does Toad Computers supply special software to run their Toadfile 44?

Thanks all,

Dave Baggett
dmb%wam.umd.edu@uunet.uu.net

PS> I'm not affiliated with Syquest or Toad.  Haven't even bought anything
    from either yet...