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From: rnf@shumv1.uucp (Rick Fincher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Syquest 45 meg removable hard drive
Summary: it WORKS! Part 2
Message-ID: <1990Mar14.051632.8764@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 90 05:16:32 GMT
References: <9003140433.AA15902@apple.com>
Reply-To: rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu (Rick Fincher)
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I got a second cartrige for the 45 meg removable and confirmed that it
works just like a big floppy, ie eject a cartrige and the icon greys out,
put in a new cartrige and the new icon(s) appear on the desktop.  So you can
copy one 42 meg disk to another with one drive.  Afew notes:

1: The IIgs hangs if you boot without a cartrige and the power is on.
   It boots OK with the power off to the 45 meg, even if the cartridge is 
   write protected.

2: Write protected cartridges won't mount on the desktop.

3: Going to ProDos applications and back to GS/OS causes weird problems.
   The icons remain on the finder destop for the removable volumes but they are
   greyed out and the cartridges won't mount.

4:  GS/OS 5.0 or greater is required (ProDos 8 won't work except like a regular
    SCSI drive.

5:  Other than the minor glitches above, they work great!  This is definately
    my next purchase!

6: Cost is $749 from Ehman Engineering, 1-800-257-1666.  45 meg (42 formatted)
   cartridges cost about $79 each.


Rick Fincher
rnf@shumv1.ncsu.edu