Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!sdcsvax!sdcc6!ix21 From: ix21@sdcc6.UUCP (David Whiteman) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: recipe: getting HFS to run on the TECMARs Message-ID: <2635@sdcc6.UUCP> Date: Mon, 26-May-86 03:07:54 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc6.2635 Posted: Mon May 26 03:07:54 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 27-May-86 06:51:55 EDT References: <3437@ut-ngp.UUCP> Reply-To: ix21@sdcc6.UUCP (David Whiteman) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 32 Keywords: installing HFS into a System to work on the TECMAR hard-disk drives In article <3437@ut-ngp.UUCP> werner@ut-ngp.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes: long article about how to make a Tecmar Boot up disc to allow a Tecmar to run HFS. I have found quite a different way to run HFS on a Tecmar. Basically it is possible to convert the Tecmar to a SCSI drive very cheaply (less than $20). After doing this one just plugs the Tecmar into the SCSI port on the back of a Mac-Plus and you have a much improved HFS drive. The problems with this method is that unlike the other method you lose the ability to have volume partitioning or an MFS Volume any more ... the Tecmar is treated like one giant HFS volume. The advantages is that you now no longer need a floppy to boot up the drive; you just turn on the Tecmar and then the Mac. The other problem is that you need either a Mac-Plus or an enhanced 512 with a third party SCSI port to use it. If anyone wants to know how to make this modification send me a letter and I will post the hardware modification. I am still trying to perfect a software SCSI driver for the Tecmar; even though my current driver works well and is faster than the old system, I know it can run a lot faster. BTW the previous poster recommends calling up Tecmar customer support to complain. Don't bother they told me they no longer support the drive after putting me on hold for 20 minutes. -- ---- David Whiteman, University of California, San Diego