Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!yale!quasi-eli!cs.yale.edu!fischer-michael From: fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Megafile 30 connect to ICD? Message-ID: <27834@cs.yale.edu> Date: 17 Dec 90 22:21:51 GMT References: <1990Dec17.004834.1098@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: ginkgo.theory.cs.yale.edu Originator: fischer@ginkgo.CS.Yale.Edu In article <1990Dec17.004834.1098@ecst.csuchico.edu> ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) writes: >A friend is bringing his Megafile 30 over to my place next week. I >want to connect it to the Expansion Out port on my ICD case to copy >files from my HD to his. Is this possible? What other things must I >do to each drive so that they work together? What about drive >designations? If I keep my CDEFG as CDEFG, what will his CDE...etc. >drives become? Hard drives are usually set to dma address 0. You will have to open up one of your drives and change its dma address to 1 by changing DIP switches or moving jumpers. If you make your friend's drive unit 1, then his CDE... partitions will come up after your partitions, as HIJ... . Be warned that opening the case may void your warranty!!! -- ================================================== | Michael Fischer | ==================================================