cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod Kuykendall) (02/06/91)
If I have a QMS 810 turbo (roughly NTX clone) and I have a 45 meg removable to do back-ups on can I have it do double duty as both external disk drive for my printer AND as a back-up removable medium for my IIfx? SCSI switch or what?? All thoughts welcome... -tk cs163wfn%sdcc10@ucsd.edu tkuykendall@ucsd.edu PS How much performance do I get for upping the 2meg in the QMS to 4 (or more) meg AND do the use NYX meg type memory or do I have to find another type??? Any and all thoughts welcome.....
hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (02/06/91)
In article <16391@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod Kuykendall) writes: > If I have a QMS 810 turbo (roughly NTX clone) and I have a 45 meg > removable to do back-ups on can I have it do double duty as both > external disk drive for my printer AND as a back-up removable medium > for my IIfx? SCSI switch or what?? All thoughts welcome... It is my understanding that a disk drive for the printer is formatted differently than the disk drive for the Mac. So, even if you had a SCSI switch, you couldn't share the drive. Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000
cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod Kuykendall) (02/07/91)
In article <10194@ncar.ucar.edu>, hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: > In article <16391@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod > Kuykendall) writes: > > If I have a QMS 810 turbo (roughly NTX clone) and I have a 45 meg > > removable to do back-ups on can I have it do double duty as both > > external disk drive for my printer AND as a back-up removable medium > > for my IIfx? SCSI switch or what?? All thoughts welcome... > > It is my understanding that a disk drive for the printer is formatted > differently than the disk drive for the Mac. So, even if you had a SCSI > switch, you couldn't share the drive. > Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu Do you mean the disks are formatted differently? Then if its a removable can't the disks be switched and a SCSI switch would allow double duty? (My experience w/ removables is limited READ: non-existant...) Just wondering... I'm trying to set up a system for someone I know and I was just tryuing to get the most out of their system and their new back-up removable. It's my understanding that a disk connectted to the laser printer simply acts as more resident fonts for postcript? More or less to it than that?? Thanks in advance.... -tk ===
hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (02/07/91)
In article <16425@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod Kuykendall) writes: < In article <10194@ncar.ucar.edu>, hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: < < In article <16391@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod < < Kuykendall) writes: < < < If I have a QMS 810 turbo (roughly NTX clone) and I have a 45 meg < < < removable to do back-ups on can I have it do double duty as both < < < external disk drive for my printer AND as a back-up removable medium < < < for my IIfx? SCSI switch or what?? All thoughts welcome... < < < < It is my understanding that a disk drive for the printer is formatted < < differently than the disk drive for the Mac. So, even if you had a SCSI < < switch, you couldn't share the drive. < < Do you mean the disks are formatted differently? Then if its a < removable can't the disks be switched and a SCSI switch would allow < double duty? (My experience w/ removables is limited READ: < non-existant...) Just wondering... I'm trying to set up a system < for someone I know and I was just tryuing to get the most out of < their system and their new back-up removable. Yes, the disk surface is formatted differently. In, addition this is done by an Apple utility, not the formatting software you get with third party drives. Apple's utility works with Apple's drives and some others. I would be surprised if it worked with a Syquest drive. < It's my understanding < that a disk connectted to the laser printer simply acts as more < resident fonts for postcript? More or less to it than that?? The disk is also used for caching the 300dpi font bitmaps that the LaserWriter generates from the PostScript outline font. Herb Poppe hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu NCAR (303) 497-1296 1850 Table Mesa Dr. Boulder, CO 80307-3000
dak@sq.sq.com (David A Keldsen) (02/08/91)
>In article <16391@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs163wfn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Tod >Kuykendall) writes: >> If I have a QMS 810 turbo (roughly NTX clone) and I have a 45 meg >> removable to do back-ups on can I have it do double duty as both >> external disk drive for my printer AND as a back-up removable medium >> for my IIfx? SCSI switch or what?? All thoughts welcome... hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: >It is my understanding that a disk drive for the printer is formatted >differently than the disk drive for the Mac. So, even if you had a SCSI >switch, you couldn't share the drive. Ah, the drive isn't formatted, the *media* is. In a removable media drive, the above isn't a valid objection. Regards, Dak -- David A. 'Dak' Keldsen of SoftQuad, Inc. email: dak@sq.com phone: 416-963-8337 "The imputation was totally without basis in fact, was in no way fair comment, and was motivated purely by malice, and I deeply regret any distress that my remarks may have caused you, or your family..."