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From: daveh@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Dave Huang)
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Subject: Re: Hard Drives
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Date: 28 Apr 91 22:31:14 GMT
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In article <6169@vela.acs.oakland.edu> mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Michael Heintz) writes:
>BTW: The SCSI that apple uses (including Apple II and Macintosh)
>is, as I understand it, not quite standard.  SCSI devices that
>work on the  Mac will work on the II, but IBM SCSI and Apple SCSI
>are not interchangeable (again, that is what I have heard.. I
>have never tried it).

I believe the drives themselves are the same (since I've seen Seagate
SCSI drives advertized in both IBM and Mac mags). However, the Mac's
SCSI port is slightly nonstandard. It doesn't support bus arbitration
correctly or something, so you can't hook two Macs to one HD. The
Apple II SCSI cards don't have this problem though.

>You are safe buying any SCSI hard drive for the Apple II that
>works on the Macintosh!

Yup, prices are getting pretty good these days! Check out the Mac
magazines for HD prices. I've seen external Quantum 105 drives for
around $399 with a 2 year warranty.

>Mike
>mkheintz@vela.acs.oakland.edu
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