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Subject: Re: new hard drive from Warp-9
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Date: Mon, 27-Apr-87 14:41:15 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 27 14:41:15 1987
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Keywords: Photon 20 Warp-9

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From: quah@husc4.HARVARD.EDU (danny quah)
Path: husc4!quah

	I've just bought a Photon 20 Warp 9 drive and have been (as
expected) wondering how I got along without it. One rather annoying
problem has come up in this first week of operation, though.
	When I turn on the drive and MacPlus (in either order), the
Mac will refuse to recognize that there is anything attached to the
SCSI bus: consequently, no boot, until I insert a System in the
internal drive. When I run Warp-9 Disk Utilities, a SCSI scan again
reveals no drive attached. Very annoying. I fiddle around by turning
the drive off and then on while the Disk-Util application is closing.
By timing it just right (?), I can get a SCSI scan to show positive. I
can then go through an Install Drive, but needless to say, all this is
a little disturbing. The recommended procedure (from the Photon 20
manual) of replacing the System file doesn't do a whole lot. I am
running System 3.2 and Finder 5.3, regular MacPlus with 1 M memory.
	I have been able to get along thus far, mostly by not shutting
down, but I can't see that this is a permanent solution. Nonetheless,
I could get by without the down time of sending the drive back. (Not
that I *know* a new drive will fix anything in any case ...)
	Has anyone else had this problem? Is it a scuzzy (i.e. gritty)
SCSI cable? connection? drive? Any suggestions?



--Danny
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