Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!rex!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc05!hpdmd48!kmarko From: kmarko@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com (Kurt Marko) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: SCSI peripherals Message-ID: <15640005@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com> Date: 26 Oct 90 14:42:03 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise, ID Lines: 31 : : : >I'm thinking about getting rid of my Mac IIci and getting a NeXT: much : >as I like the idea of the "seamless integration of the MacOS and UNIX" : >under A/UX, A/UX 2.0 has to be the flakiest and most fragile UNIX : >implementation I've seen. But I'd like to know whether I can at least : >save my investment in SCSI devices. : As another potential Mac2NeXT migrant, I have some similar questions. Like Steve Anderson, I have a Wren drive in my Mac II (a 300M Wren III). Bill Smith's reply seems to indicate there should be little problem in constructing a disktab entry for this device (care to shed any more light on this...or is this a FAQ?). I also have an IOmega Bernoulli Box II (44M removeable cartridges). It is a SCSI device, so I can electrically connect it to the NeXT, but does anyone have any idea about constructing a disktab for these? Has this been done by anyone else? Regarding SCSI 2 cables for the NeXT, I gather that NeXT sells a cable to go from the SCSI 2 port to SCSI 1 devices. Finally, does anyone have any experience, or any clues even, with using third-party multisyncing color monitors with the NeXT. I would like to get a cheap (relative to NeXT's prices) color monitor to use with a monochrome cube initially, and then have the same monitor work with the NeXTdimension board. Thanks in advance. Kurt Marko kmarko@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com