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From: anson@spray.CalComp.COM (Ed Anson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Experience with Removable Media?
Message-ID: <2411@spray.CalComp.COM>
Date: 22 Aug 88 14:34:56 GMT
References: <115.230C52E4@mailcom.UUCP>
Reply-To: anson@spray.UUCP (Ed Anson)
Organization: CalComp, A Lockheed Company, Hudson, NH, USA
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In article <115.230C52E4@mailcom.UUCP> postmaster@mailcom.UUCP (Bernard Aboba) writes:
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>I have purchased a PL Infinity Drive, and am having severe problems with 
>the 10 MB floppy media from Kodak.  So far, one out of every 3 diskettes 
>I've purchased has had bad sectors that make them unreliable.  I don't 
>know how Infinity drives lock out bad sectors (if they do)
  It's my understanding that the disk DRIVER is responsible for mapping
  out bac blocks. This looks like a software problem.

>  For example, I find 
>that I cannot boot an Infinity Drive when it is daisy chained to a 
>SuperMac XP40 drive via SCSI cable.
  Your problem could be the XP40. I have a SuperMac DF20 which is incompatible
  with Jasmine's DirectTape drive. There is some indication that SuperMac did
  some strange things in their SCSI design. Does anyone know anything about
  this?
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   Ed Anson,    Calcomp Display Products Division,    Hudson NH 03051
   (603) 885-8712,      anson@elrond.CalComp.COM