day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) (04/12/89)
I might try to save money by buying a diskless IIx and getting a non-Apple SCSI disk to install into it. The cheapest way to buy CDC Wren drives is to buy direct from a distributor such as Kierulff. Question is, which Wren models/revs pop right into a IIx and work? Is there some configuration/driver software that one should buy to make a raw Wren drive play in a IIx? I'm not afraid of making ribbon cables or formatting and partitioning a disk. --dave
zeke@wilbur.unix.ETA.COM (Robert K. Scott) (04/13/89)
In article <488@grand.UUCP>, day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes: > The cheapest way to buy CDC Wren drives is to buy > direct from a distributor such as Kierulff. Question > is, which Wren models/revs pop right into a IIx and > work? Is there some configuration/driver software that > one should buy to make a raw Wren drive play in a IIx? Buy the MacWren, which is specifically designed for the quirks of the Macintosh SCSI interface. Regular Wren SCSI drives have some quirks when used on a Mac, the worst of which is that they may not automatically mount if there is more than one SCSI in the chain. You will, of course, still need driver software, etc. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extra zesty disclaimer: MINE! MINE! ALL MINE! <chortle snort froth drool> Robert K. "Zeke" Scott internet: zeke@sunfun.eta.com voice: (612) 642-3493 uucp: {amdahl,rutgers}!bungia!eta!sunfun!zeke snail: ETA Systems, Inc. ETC03J, 1450 Energy Park Drive, St. Paul, MN 55108
alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) (04/23/89)
I'd recommend the "MacWren" models. The others have minor problems with Macs,
especially pre-MacII, and their SCSI delay is significantly longer (about 10
to 15 milliseconds, as I recall).
---
Alexis Rosen
alexis@ccnysci.{uucp,bitnet}
alexis@rascal.ics.utexas.edu (last resort)