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From: Ilan@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Prob with LaserWriter II NTX and font disk
Message-ID: <5606@cup.portal.com>
Date: 18 May 88 20:53:48 GMT
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>We are having trouble attaching a SuperMac DataFrame XP20 hard disk drive
>to our new LaserWriter II NTX for use as font storage space.  We're not
>sure whether SuperMac disks just don't work with the printer, or whether
>the fact that its SCSI address is set at 1 might affect things.  The Font
>Utility program, in any case, is unable to recognize the drive in order
>to initialize it as a font storage disk.

When Apple Computers introduced the LaserWriter ][ series several third
party disk add-on vendors complained that their drives dont work with the
the LaserWriter ][.  Apple Computers replied that the vendors did not adhere
to the SCSI specifications and therefore their drives are not compatible with
the printers SCSI.  There is one command which is implemented by Apples
SCSI, but not on the vendors (I dont recollect which one).  The SuperMac
DataFrame probably falls into this incompatibility trap.

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