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- From: psheffield@earthlink.net (Patrick Sheffield)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
- Subject: Re: SCSI questions
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 20:40:26 GMT
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- >System: A1200 (030), A1291scsi card (gvpscsi.device is
- >v5.0), scsi Zip setup as Devicedisk2.
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- >Problem: Zip works fine on Amiga.
- > Using SS3.4,I can copy file to and fro
- > the Zip, but I get type2 errors or bombs when I try to execute the
- > progs. I am able to read text files located on the Zip, but thats
- > probably because TeachText is located on the SSBootfile which I
- > kept on thedesktop.
-
- > Previously, I had the Zip set up in the Volumes prefs and also
- > checked off and listed in the Scsi prefs. I disabled it now in
- > the Scsi prefs and things seem to work better, i.e I get type2
- > errors rather than lockups.
-
- >Is this right? I just read in the SS manual that scsi hard drives should
- >be used as Devicedisk2. BTW, My Devicedisk1 is a 60 meg partition on my
- >internal IDE drive.
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- Well, I have an A3000 and the Zip drive usage is transparent, however, I am
- not using the Zip drive as a device disk, rather as a SCSI device.
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- Are you using the Zip extensions for the Mac, that is, did you Install the
- utilities that came on the (unfortunately) 800k floppy with you Zip drive?
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- I have found that without those extensions, the Zip drive is not properly
- recognized. This makes the Zip disks true Mac drives, not Amiga drives
- masquerading as Mac drives.
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- Patrick Sheffield
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