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Re: Powerbook



>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Bramlage <Peter.Bramlage@kerckhoff.mpg.de> writes:

    Peter> Hy, I am going to buy a powerbook ( 520 ) for work. At home
    Peter> I have a DOS machine with OS/2 Warp and executor
    Peter> running. Now I would like to add a SCSI card to my DOS
    Peter> computer and connect the powerbook as an external SCSI
    Peter> device when I am at home and use the disk from within
    Peter> executor.  My question: Do you think it works ? Any
    Peter> problems from executor or my machine that are to be
    Peter> expected ?

I don't follow the PowerBook line well enough to be sure, but I think
all the current ones can do what you want.  Executor/DOS is quite
happy reading and writing SCSI disks as long as you have an ASPI
compatible driver for the card.  We have a 1 gig SCSI disk that we
have a bunch of programs on that we run under Executor all the time.
Periodically I run Norton Utilities on it to make sure everything is
OK (NU 1 runs under Executor, NU 2 and beyond don't yet).  It's not
uncommon for there to be some blocks that are marked as in use that
are really free, but that happens on our Quadra 610, as well.

Of course you should only do this if your PowerBook is meant to be
able to be run in a mode where its hard drive is a SCSI drive that can
be used by other machines.

    Peter> Thanks a lot in advance.

    Peter> -- Peter





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