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From: ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: One HD, two Macs
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Date: 17 Jan 91 15:23:55 GMT
References: <16073@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> <130402@jake.encore.com> <1991Jan14.141451.2957@actrix.gen.nz>
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In article <1991Jan14.141451.2957@actrix.gen.nz> Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz writes:
 [ is it possible to hook two macs up to one hd ]

>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.

Yeah, IMHO, Apple really screwed up with the Macintosh SCSI since it doesn't
handle the arbitration correctly. Oh well... at least they got it right when
designing the Apple II SCSI cards.

>You really don't want to try this...
>-- 
>Bruce.Hoult@bbs.actrix.gen.nz   Twisted pair: +64 4 772 116
>BIX: brucehoult                 Last Resort:  PO Box 4145 Wellington, NZ
>"...a plan so cunning, you could pin a tail on it and call it a weasel..."


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