jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson) (01/19/91)
Hmmmmmm speaking of that 105 meg hard disk, does anyone know if it can be de-installed fromt he NeXT and then re-installed in a Macinotsh and would it work? The 105 megger is inadequate for a Unix environment but one could salvage it by putting it on a Mac and buying a cheaper third-party BIG disk drive... or is this heresy? Seriously. Any incompatibility problems between this drive and Macs? Can a Mac use a drive not specifically tailored for it? I'm also thinking that maybe third-party chips might be less expensive than NeXT sells them. Those are special interleaved 4x4 meg SIMMS though aren't they... expensive. And while we're on this subject.... that Megapixel colour display for the NeXTDimension is pretty expensive for a Trinitron monitor isn't it? $3,995. I wonder if one could connect NeXTDimension to a third-party alternative or even one of those direct video tee-vee sets that are being sold. -- ORGANIZATION: Advanced Decision Systems GEOGRAPHIC: Arlington, VA UUCP: kzin!speaker@mimsy.umd.edu INTERNET: jtn@potomac.ads.com SPOKEN: John T. Nelson PHONE: (703) 243-1611
tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu (Kenneth K.F. Lui) (02/09/91)
In article <%V4^1~+@ads.com> jtn@ADS.COM (John T. Nelson) writes: > >Hmmmmmm speaking of that 105 meg hard disk, does anyone know if it can >be de-installed fromt he NeXT and then re-installed in a Macinotsh and >would it work? I don't see why it shouldn't. I took the 40MB swap out of mine and am using it on my Macintosh. The drive may or may not format depending on the software you have available. Third-party software shouldn't have any problems (i.e. SilverLining). >Seriously. Any incompatibility problems between this drive and Macs? >Can a Mac use a drive not specifically tailored for it? As long as the drivers are correct and the drive in question conforms to Apple's SCSI spec, all should be well. Those who wish to do the opposite (make a SCSI disk that was _working_ on a Mac work on a NeXT) should be aware that some Mac disk software--SilverLining, for instance--set some drives' software SCSI ID flag. What results is you can't change the drive's target address via the jumper switches without resetting that bit--a most frustrating experience. Ken ______________________________________________________________________________ tempest@ecst.csuchico.edu, tempest@walleye.ecst.csuchico.edu,|Kenneth K.F. Lui| tempest@sutro.sfsu.edu, tempest@wet.UUCP |________________|