Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!amdahl!apple!kateley
From: kateley@Apple.COM (Jim Kateley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
Message-ID: <10425@apple.Apple.Com>
Date: 18 May 88 21:52:01 GMT
References: <4843@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: kateley@apple.UUCP (Jim Kateley)
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <4843@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder) writes:
>Okay, the concensus is that SuperMac hard drives, which use RLL encoding,
>will not work as a font disk on the LaserWriter II NTX.  Everyone seems to
>agree on that point.  The next question has to be, what SCSI drives from
>third-party manufacturers DO work with the II NTX?
                           ^^^^^^^          ^^^^^^

I don't have a list, but there are two main things that the drive must do:

1. It must provide SCSI terminator power.
 
2. It must be able to report to the printer what size volume it is.
   This is done via the SCSI command "Mode Select".


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