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From: unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (The Unknown User)
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Subject: Re: "floptical" drive questions (was IIgs. Whats happening....)
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Date: 12 Apr 91 08:00:07 GMT
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In article <8c0xz5C00VokN_KBlk@andrew.cmu.edu> jh4o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeffrey T. Hutzelman) writes:
.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)
.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.

	I --SAID-- "THE GS SUPPORTS REMOVABLE MEDIA WITH NO SPECIAL DRIVERS".
I don't think you cut anything out of the section you quoted, so I made
a misstatement also. On the MAC you need special drivers.. But I -did- say
you don't need drivers on the GS.

	I'm not sure if this is technically correct, but I would presume
that you can't do an Eject from the Finder (or drag it in the trash) 
since the Syquest has no eject mechanism and you have to do it manually.

	I used on one my GS for a weekend a long time ago. It was COOL as
hell. And I think the Floptical drives will be even cooler.
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