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- From: greimann@pecan.cns.udel.edu (J. Brandon Greimann)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: syquest compatability?
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 16:37:31 GMT
- Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
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- In article <1ilbp7INN18u@shelley.u.washington.edu> kcarroll@stein.u.washington.edu writes:
- >Any one have a Syquest running off a NeXT Station?
- >How? What driver?
- >
- >email: kcarroll@stein.u.washington.edu
- >
- >thanks
-
- I've got the 88-meg version connected to my NeXTStation Color...so far
- no problems. Drivers? Please. It's a NeXT! Just plug it in! (poweroff
- first) Seriously, though. I bought it out of a Mac catalog, discarded the
- Mac cable and installation disk (hehehehe), plugged it in, powered up, and
- formatted the disk...
-
- One problem, though, is a lack of auto-eject (like the floppy) It makes the
- unmounting/ejecting a bit weird. The NeXT asks you to eject the disk when
- you drag it to the recycler or eject...so you have to push the button on the
- SyQuest (no big deal really, just not as convenient as the auto-ejecting
- drives.) The disk also seems to screw up the filesystem when it is unmounted
- when a file is still being used off of it...this must be NeXTs fault. I
- tried the diskejectfix that's available, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
-
- You also won't want to remove the disk without unmounting/ejecting it...also
- a drawback to manual eject.
-
- Overall, it's a decent drive, especially if you need compatability with
- Mac SyQuest's. I'd suggest an OD of some kind, though...the 120 meg 3.5"
- drives look like a good prospect or one of the larger NeXTlike ODs..
-
-
- --Brandon
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