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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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