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From: hui@joplin.mpr.ca (Michael Hui)
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Subject: Re: Installing non-Apple hard disks (Alex Nghiem)
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Date: 12 Jan 90 03:00:42 GMT
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In article <7400@shlump.nac.dec.com> jnelson@gauche.enet.dec.com (Jeff Nelson) writes:
>
>convinced that it's true.  Several months ago, I took a Quantum PRO 80
>(half-height, 3.5
>inch, 80 meg drive) from a DECstation 300-series IBM PC clone and, after
>hacking HDsetup
>to recognize it, got it to format and operate perfectly in my Mac II. 

Does that mean if I know how to modify HDsetup, I can conceivably hook
up any reasonable SCSI winchester to my Mac+ without any additional
software? I am planning on getting a Connor Peripheral 100 meg drive.
Connor was used by Apple in their Macintosh Portable.

Michael Hui  604-985-4214  604-985-6506  hui@joplin.mpr.ca