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From: msf1537@uxf.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Network!?  What's that?
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Date: 31 Jul 88 23:06:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxf.cso.uiuc.edu!msf1537    Jul 31 18:06:00 1988


Today's question is brought to you from the offices of the Student Government
Association at the University of Illinois, which is having the problem I am
about to describe:

What is the best way to connect one hard drive to two Macs?

The setup in question is an Everex 20mb hard disk, currently hooked up to (and
used as the boot disk for) a Macintosh SE.  There is another Mac SE not three
feet away, and the question has arisen as to whether or not both computers can
easily be hooked up to the hard disk.

Ideally, one would be able to sit down, turn on the hard disk, (let it warm up,)
turn on either one of the Macs and have it boot from the hard disk.  Then, a
second person would come in, turn on the second Mac, and also boot from the hard
disk, with both persons writing and reading to the hard disk (possibly even to
the same application) at the same time.

Can this be done, or will connecting the drive to two Macs mean giving it up as
a boot drive?  If it can be done, what method will work the best?

Responses made by machine (notesfile or E-mail) must arrive before August 6th
if they are to reach me, as my account is closing.  US Mail will work forever,
which is probably its only major advantage.



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