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From: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hooking up two Syquests - Can it be done?
Summary: use different SCSI ID's
Keywords: SCSI Syquest
Message-ID: <814@nikhefk.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jan 91 13:34:47 GMT
References: <267.279d6ba8@mbcl.rutgers.edu>
Sender: Kees Huyser <keeshu@nikhefk.nikhef.nl>
Reply-To: keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser)
Organization: the National Institute for Nuclear Physics; the Netherlands
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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?
#friedman@mbcl.rutgers.edu  

Try setting the three drives on different SCSI ID's. If two drives have the
same ID, you'll get a SCSI ID conflict and it won't work. Don't use ID's
0(zero) or 7(seven), as these are in use by the internal drive (0) and the
Mac itself (7).

--kees
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