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From: jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: "floptical" drive questions (was IIgs. Whats happening....)
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Date: 11 Apr 91 04:02:13 GMT
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unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User) writes:
>         To answer the rest of your questions, YES they are SCSI devices, and
> no I don't know anyone who's used 'em on a GS, but they're a SCSI device,
> and for all practical purposes, SCSI IS SCSI.. (AND THE GS SUPPORTS 
> REMOVABLE MEDIA WITH NO SPECIAL DRIVERS.. I know the Syquest 45 meg
> cartridge drives need special drivers!! I know that because I know someone
> who works for Peripheral Land Inc)
> -- 
> /unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu Apple IIGS Forever! ULTIMA VI GS -mail me. CDs-mail me\
> \          McIntosh Junior:  The Power to Crush the Other Kids.               /

Sorry, but that's just not true.  A friend of mine has a SyQuest
drive, and we put it on a GS only a couple weeks ago.  It works fine;
you just can't issue the "eject" command from the finder, because the
finder doesn't think it's ejectable.  However, if you press the "I
want to eject the cartridge" button on the drive, and remove the
cartridge, the computer DOES understand.  It greys the icons, and you
can insert another cartridge and it will mount it.

The special drivers probably make it think it's ejectable so you can
use OA-E to eject, and may gain some speed over the standard Apple
SCSI driver.  Other than that, it's just NOT NEEDED.

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