[comp.sys.mac.hardware] REMOVABLES TRASHING HARD DISKS ???!

johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (09/21/90)

/* Written 10:03 am  Sep 20, 1990 by miller@rsmas.miami.edu */
 > /* ---------- "REMOVABLES TRASHING HARD DISKS ???!" ---------- */
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 > [Two stories exemplifying the above deleted]
 >
 > So, the obvious question is "Are removables (perhaps Syquest's in particular)
 > trashing hard drives for no reason?". If true, this is a rather alarming
 > development in view of the fact that many of us have recently invested in
 > removables as backup devices.

The first question that comes to my mind is, "Is the SCSI termination done
properly?"  Some Syquests have to have power turned ON for termination to
work properly.

Erik A. Johnson, Graduate Student        \ Internet:  johnsone@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu
Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering  \
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign \