Xref: utzoo alt.sys.sun:4138 comp.sys.mac.hardware:11839 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!munnari.oz.au!metro!extro!norton From: norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Norton Chia) Newsgroups: alt.sys.sun,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Mac SCSI disk on IPC? Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 09:17:20 GMT References: <1991Jun6.070048.28037@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU Organization: Sydney University Computing Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia Lines: 24 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au ken@syd.dit.CSIRO.AU (Ken.Yap) writes: >I have a Mac SCSI disk at my disposal, a Rodime 45 Plus to be exact. I >was wondering if I could plug it into the back of my Sparc IPC, format >it (for Unix) and have some extra disk space available. >Yes, I know it may be slow, etc., but I have the disk for free. >Please be gentle in any explanations why it might or might not work. I >know SCSI is a bus standard and that's about it. We hooked up an external SCSI drive to a Sun and it worked. As long as you have the drive info for formatting via the Sun, there should be no problems. >Thanks. > Ken > ken@syd.dit.csiro.au > ken@csis.dit.csiro.au -- // Norton Chia || I can be reached via e-mail --> norton@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU / / Micro Support || Yes, this is Australia calling. ////// AppleLink: AUST0240 / / Uni of Sydney || No, I haven't got anything to say but "Thanks", if I forgot //// When I'm talking half way around the world, my employers can't hear me ///