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From: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Jasmine disk followup
Message-ID: <500@mcdsun.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 14:06:34 EST
Article-I.D.: mcdsun.500
Posted: Wed Nov 11 14:06:34 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 02:50:09 EST
References: <31052@sun.uucp> <1371@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: fnf@mcdsun.UUCP (Fred Fish)
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division
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In article <1371@cup.portal.com> ilan_-_rabinowitz@cup.portal.com writes:
>Here's my account of dealing with the Jasmine 80 external drive which I
>connected to my MAC ][ two months ago:
>[ bulk of article deleted - fnf]
>Using Version 1.1 of the formatter solves this problem -- Does anyone know
>why?? Afterall I was under the impression that Apple and Jasmine used the
>same manufacturer for the drives.

At one point I had two "official" Apple drives, a 40Mb and an 80Mb, along
with a Jasmine 80Mb.  It is true that both Apple and Jasmine use the same
manufacturer, but if you carefully examine each 80Mb drive, you find
that the jumpering is different (aside from the SCSI jumpers).  I'm
not sure what the significance of each jumper is, since I don't have 
the manufacturer's drive manual, but this might be part of the problem.
I too have had trouble using the Jasmine 80Mb with the standard Apple
software, but since my Jasmine disk is currently on loan to another
developer who is using it on a Mac+ without any problems, I haven't pursued
the matter.  I can probably scrounge up the paper where I scribbled down
the jumpering of each drive and post if anyone is interested...

-Fred
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