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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hooking up two Syquests - Can it be done?
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Date: 23 Jan 91 22:35:39 GMT
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In article <267.279d6ba8@mbcl.rutgers.edu>, friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu writes:
> 
> As our lab is the proud owner of 2 Syquest drives, we were trying to figure if
> there is a way to periodically connect the two so that we could backup the
> data on a cartridge.  I tried this the other day and could not do it.  We have
> a MacIIX, 8megs with a Rodime 100+ external HD.  Do I need to have two drivers
> in my system folder?  If so, can I name them xxx.1 and xxx.2?  Is there a
> specific connection between the three drives that needs to be made?

Make sure they don't have the same SCSI address.  Also check the termination.
The only other thing that comes to mind is that the driver software you have
doesn't support this configuration, but I doubt it.  I know the MassMicro
and the PLI drivers do support multiple Syquest drives on the same
SCSI bus.

-- michael


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