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- From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP vs SyQuest
- Date: 23 Jan 1996 14:57:42 GMT
- Organization: RapidNet
- Message-ID: <4e2t16$k89@rapidnet.com>
- References: <4bq8mg$gp2@guava.epix.net> <1228.6586T617T2608@grape.epix.net> <4ddpdb$h0m@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> <1903.6588T778T2112@xmission.com> <4dggrf$8c6@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
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- Peter da Silva (peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM) wrote:
- : In article <1903.6588T778T2112@xmission.com>,
-
- : >I don't see what the big deal is about the ZIP only using SCSI 5 or 6.
-
- : It means if you have two other drives you can't boot off the Zip.
-
- Huh? If you have a Zip with a higher BootPri than your other bootable
- devices, the system will boot off of it. This has nothing to do with SCSI
- address.
-
- : It means if you want to use the Zip on a PC too, you can't boot off it at
- : all.
-
- I believe that some (but not many) PC SCSI controllers can boot off SCSI
- devices at addresses other than 0 or 1 (check in comp.periphs.scsi).
-
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