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From: neese@adaptx1.UUCP
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Subject: Re: <22780@eecs.wsu.edu>
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Date: 3 Nov 90 08:25:00 GMT
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Nf-From: adaptx1.UUCP!neese    Nov  1 16:54:00 1990


>/* ---------- "Syquest SQ455 45 Meg Removable" ---------- */
>I am looking for a Syquest drive to hook to both my Mac and PC.  I have heard
>that the Mac disable SCSI Parity checking on the bus which may be a problem 
>in sharing the device however my 1542A will let me disable parity also.  Does
>anyone know if this is possible?

I'm not sure what the question is.

>I want to take a SCSI cable from my mac to the Syquest.  Then another SCSI
>cable from the Syquest to my IBM.  I wish to be able to swap from an IBM to a
>Mac cartridge and then mount that cartridge from either machine.  Is this
>possible?

This can be done, BUT you cannot have both CPU's access the drive at the
same time, unless you have a driver for both systems that know how to
reserve/release the drive, to keep the computers from colliding with
each other.
A driver would also be needed for making the filesystems look like they should
for each system.

>Lastly does anyone know where a good deal can be found on this drive?  The
>best I have found is $579 for an external drive with 1 cartridge.

Don't know any good source for this product.

			Roy Neese
			Adaptec Senior SCSI Applications Engineer
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