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From: ireland@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Interchanging Removable Cartridges
Message-ID: <4003@ac.dal.ca>
Date: 13 Mar 91 19:36:42 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.142959.12980@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Mar13.171542.3638@mcs.drexel.edu>
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Organisation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <1991Mar13.171542.3638@mcs.drexel.edu>, tjferrar@mcs.drexel.edu (Jason Ferrara) writes:
> In article <1991Mar13.142959.12980@marlin.jcu.edu.au> chma@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Michael Antolovich) writes:
>>Hi,
>>   Now that I'm getting a Syquest removable drive (45M) from APS, is it
>>possible to swap disks with similar drives (ie Syquest internals but
>>different labels, and I guess software drivers).  Can I use the same
>>software as someone elses 'brand' drive and then interchange data ?
>>Come to think of it, is it possible to interchange cartridges between
>>2 drives of the same 'brand' ?
>>	Also, does SilverLining handle these drives (if so which
>>version did it start ?)
>>				Thanks again,
>>				Michael.
>>
> 
> I've  used Syquest drives from Maxcess, PLI, and, err, Ehman I believe, each
> with different drivers, and could interchange cartridges freely between all
> drives, no matter which drive they were formatted with.  No problem. 
> 
> On a negative note, the Maxcess drive, which I've had for about a year now,
> has gone flakey. Often it refuses to spin up. It just clicks and the lights
> on the front blink. It's still under warranty, but I haven't gotten around to
> talking to Maxcess yet.
> 
> 
> 
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I've also had good luck moving cartridges between different drives, except for
cartridges formatted with SilverLining. I think there's a text file at Sumex
which mentions this problem. It's probably in the reports subdirectory.

Keith Conover  ireland@ac.dal.ca