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From: jazzman@claris.com (Sydney R. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: SCSI Cards
Message-ID: <10263@claris.com>
Date: 12 Jun 89 18:41:40 GMT
References: <8906120556.AA05813@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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From article <8906120556.AA05813@crash.cts.com>, by tomj@pro-pac.cts.com (Tom Jenkins):
> Some time ago, I had a problem with a CMS SCSI card.  Seems it would "hang"
> after being on for a couple of minutes.  Turned out it was the card and not
> the drive.  Was just wondering - anyone else have problems with the CMS SCSI
> card?  How 'bout the drive?  I've had mine (CMS-60) for about a year with no
> other problems.  Also, have the utilities been upgraded since June 1988?  Last
> question - will the Apple SCSI card work with the CMS 60M?

We started using CMS drives at StyleWare a couple of years ago.  Since then
there has been a ROM revision in the card that is necessary to run on the
"new" ROMS on the GS.

We have had problems with power supplies dying (three have died in two years),
but the speed and reliability of the media is wonderful.  We had some old
Siders that whined and complained, and if your machine crashed so bad that
you had to power down (happens in developement sometimes), the heads could
not be parked and we risked losing stuff.

The CMS cards do have one annoying feature though.  It turns of interrupts
when booting.  This means that some of the inits with system 5.0 hang waiting
for an interrupt.  This is really annoying.

Other than that, it's a great drive.  I have a 60 on my GS and on my Mac
and they are fast, quiet and reliable.


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