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- From: mave@in.net (John J. Maver, Jr.)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: SS & SyQuest EZ135
- Date: 4 Feb 1996 00:56:21 GMT
- Organization: INTERNET Indiana
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- mave@in.net
- SLE> Greetings, fellow ShapeShifter users. I found a really neat trick in
- SLE> using Mac disks with the SS emulation without using up on of the only 2
- SLE> DiskDevices available in the config. Some of you may already know about
- SLE> this. I hope it at least helps someone out there. :^)
-
- SLE> The SyQuest EZ135 cartidges come already in Mac format. They also have
- SLE> some Mac utilities & demos on them. If you put the cartidge in the EZ135
- SLE> unmodified (don't do anything with it in HDToolBox), when
- SLE> ShapeShifter.MacOS boots up, this cartidge will automatically mount as
- SLE> long as you put a check by the correct SCSI Unit number that matches
- SLE> what your EZ135 is set to. For example; mine is set to unit 4. When SS
- SLE> starts with the config window, select the SCSI settings. In this
- SLE> window, check the box next to you SCSI unit (4 in my case). This will
- SLE> tell SS to scan SCSI ID 4 for a disk. It will find the Mac disk and the
- SLE> SilverLining Lite
- SLE> (TM) software on it will mount the cartidge. Once it is booted up you
- SLE> can run the Install program on the cartidge to install the SilverLining
- SLE> Lite Control Panel into you Mac System folder. Or you could do this
- SLE> manually.
-
- SLE> Doing it this way instead of setting the SyQuest up with HDToolBox (or
- SLE> equivalent) as something like; SQ0:, then specifying SQ0: as DiskDevice
- SLE> #2 will leave your 2nd DiskDevice free to be used for CDROM or whatever
- SLE> simultaneously.
-
- SLE> Well, I hope this made any sense. If you try it and have any problems,
- SLE> feel free to e-mail me and I'll see if I can be of help.
-
- SLE> BTW, ShapeShifter is totally awesome! I love it! :^)
- SLE> --
-
- SLE> Steve Edford
- SLE> sledford@iglou.com
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-
- I just got my EZdrive, and I don't know how to use it on the amiga side.. I
- have a dkb fastlane SCSI II controller, and an Amiga 4000.
-
- Thank you ever so much,
-
-
- --John J. Maver, Jr.
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