David.Wilson@actrix.gen.nz (David Wilson) (05/30/91)
I've got a Jasmine DirectDrive 45. As far as I can remember, I purchased it in 1988, direct from the US. The drive has performed without fault, been transported from machine to machine for the last 3-4 years. The other day I had occasion to plug the Jasmine into a Mac LC. The LC failed to startup (also, the LC had an internal Hard Disk), it kept on reporting the sad mac..... hardware errors! Is it just possible that the driver on the disk is too old and not able to function on the LC? Am I on the right track? Do I need some up to date Jasmine driver software? I believe that the drive is a Rodime mechanism under the cover? -- David.Wilson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz Wellington New Zealand. "Mac's - mans productivity tool"
hades@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Hades) (06/01/91)
David.Wilson@actrix.gen.nz (David Wilson) writes: >I've got a Jasmine DirectDrive 45. As far as I can remember, I >purchased it in 1988, direct from the US. The drive has performed >without fault, been transported from machine to machine for the last >3-4 years. >The other day I had occasion to plug the Jasmine into a Mac LC. The >LC failed to startup (also, the LC had an internal Hard Disk), it kept >on reporting the sad mac..... hardware errors! >Is it just possible that the driver on the disk is too old and not >able to function on the LC? Am I on the right track? Do I need some >up to date Jasmine driver software? It sounds like the problem could be the system that the LC was running. If it was running System 7.0, then you will definately need to update the driver software. I recommend SilverLining if you can get it or possibly talking to Jasmine and seeing if they have a 7.0 compatible driver. If the LC was running 6.0.7 then you definately need to talk to Jasmine, because a friend of mine owns a DirectDrive 80 and a IISi and he had no problems with 6.0.7 and the driver software that he had on the drive which was 2 years old. Although he did need to upgrade to SilverLinign when he went to 7.0. >I believe that the drive is a Rodime mechanism under the cover? I don't think that the architecture would cause any undue problems by itself. Later. -- -Hades | -Hustler's Words of Wisdom- aka. The Hustler | "Cappuccino is irrelevant" House Grifter | -- Peter K. Suk Alpha Theta Co-Ed Fraternity | -Internet: hades@Eleazar.Dartmouth.Edu