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From: rprohask@orion.oac.uci.edu (Robert Prohaska)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Formatting 3rd party drive using Apple HD Set Up
Summary: The old trick won't work on the S7 formatter w/ quantum drives
Keywords: formatter, scsi, apple hdsc setup, hard disk, system 7
Message-ID: <284855B1.1925@orion.oac.uci.edu>
Date: 2 Jun 91 02:19:29 GMT
References: <RZ8+J-C@engin.umich.edu>
Sender: bob prohaska
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Organization: University of California, Irvine
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In article <RZ8+J-C@engin.umich.edu> jhs@zug.csmil.umich.edu (Hee-Sen Jong) writes:
>Could someone please tell me how I could format 3rd party drive usiing
>Apple HD set up, ie how to get the program to recognize the
>3rd party drive in the first place.


I would like to second the request:  The new HDSC Setup is different
enough so that the former technique (altering a length byte so the 
formatter doesn't check the entire drive name) can't be applied, at 
least not in the simpleminded manner that I attempted.  The program
either crashed or failed to recognize my quantum 105.  

While we're on the subject, could such a patch be extended to work
with syquest cartridges?  The software that came with mine is nowhere
near as nice as HDSC Setup.



bob prohaska