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From: Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: One HD, two Macs
Message-ID: <1991Jan14.141451.2957@actrix.gen.nz>
Date: 14 Jan 91 14:14:51 GMT
References: <16073@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> <130402@jake.encore.com>
Sender: Bruce.Hoult@actrix.gen.nz (Bruce Hoult)
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Comment-To: wcarroll@encore.com

Mr. New Dad (congrats!) writes:
>Is it possible to do this?
>
>		 ------
>		 | HD |
>		 ------
>		   |
>	   ----------------- <- scsi bus
>	   |		   |
>	-------		-------
>	| Mac |		| Mac |
>	-------		-------


Don't even *think* about it!  This will be electrically bad for the bus,
since both Macs will be on the same SCSI ID, and will both be trying to
act as bus masters.

Perhaps (?) worse:  Macs cache certain disk sectors (especially directory
stuff) internally and they are likely to get out of sync with each other.

You really don't want to try this...
-- 
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