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Re: Zip drives on black hardware?
>>>>> "Maren" == Maren Leyla Cooke <maren@bloom.harvard.edu> writes:
In article <9603291459.AA27232@bloom.harvard.edu> Maren Leyla Cooke <maren@bloom.harvard.edu> writes:
Maren> Hi, folks. Has anyone, in or out of ARDI, had success (or
Maren> failure) in using a ZIP drive (with Mac-formatted disks)
Maren> under Executor on a NeXTstation? It would be very useful
Maren> for me to be able to zip big files around in between my
Maren> NeXT and Mac networks elsewhere. I've seen various levels
Maren> of success and different kinds of tricks for other
Maren> platforms, but I'm not sure whether ZIPs will work on black
Maren> hardware.
We don't have any ZIP drives at ARDI yet. We'll probably buy one SCSI
ZIP drive and one Parallel ZIP drive and then make them go under
Executor. My *guess* is that they already work well on a NeXTstation,
although I don't know if NEXTSTEP is smart enough to see the "disk
inserted events". If not, you'll have to run the command:
/usr/filesystems/HFS_XFer.fs/HFS_XFer.util -p sdN
(where sdN is the /dev entry for your SCSI ZIP drive) after Executor
has been started to get Executor's attention. You may also need to
push NeXT's mac.fs entry aside in /usr/filesystems before you boot
your machine in order to prevent NeXT's HFS filesystem from taking
over the drive.
It's hard to give specifics when we don't have such a drive in house.
Maren> Thanks in advance for sharing any experiences you've had.
Maren> -- Maren (longtime registered Executorite, glad ARDI's
Maren> makin' it!)
We're just getting by now, but when E2 ships we should be able to
E X P A N D.
--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com
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