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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: INTERLEAVING SOFTWARE that works with DMA SCSI card
Message-ID: <13869@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 16 Sep 90 00:38:28 GMT
References: <6916@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <6916@darkstar.ucsc.edu> unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User) writes:
>	Do people think that I can get a faster drive (especially
>booting into GS/OS!) by interleaving it at different ratios than the two
>the Finder allows? (2:1 and 1:1)

I found that 1:1 interleave worked fine with the Syquest 555 drive
(which is what you seem to have).  I think it has a full-track buffer,
so that interleave is not a relevant factor.

>So then I formatted it with the Finder and partitioed it with the Advanced
>Disk Utilities..

Yes, that is the best way to initialize a Syquest on the IIGS.

>	And another weird thing is that I guess I can theoretically remove
>cartridges from the Finder, because when I push the 'I wanna take out the
>cartridge' button on the drive, everything grays out like it should...

Yes, if you're using the most recent SCSI support from Apple the Syquest
is properly handled as a removable media device.

>	And then the green light on the drive goes out... The red light
>which tells when it's spinning slows down, but then flashes at a slow
>constant speed.

The one-blink-per-second is merely GS/OS polling drive status.  It doesn't
adversely affect anything if you remove the disk at that point.

P.S.  I have one of these drives as well as an 80MB Seagate.  I like it.