davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons) (01/04/90)
My brother recently bought a used Mac that had been upgraded from a 512 to a Plus by way of a Dove add on board. With the machine he got an old 10 MB Tecmar drive that interfaces via the modem serial port. The system software he got with it was 4.1. Does anyone know if this drive can be made to work with system 6.0.X (or even some version of 5 would be better) or should he just use it as the first exhibit in a museum of ancient Mac tech- nology ? Thanks for any info. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Lyons - ...!sun!mcrware!davely | On Second though let's not go to My employer laughs at my opinions. | Camelot... 'Tis a silly place -------------------------------------------------------------------------
pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek) (01/05/90)
In article <1440@mcrware.UUCP> davely@mcrware.UUCP (Dave Lyons) writes: > My brother recently bought a used Mac, and with the >machine he got an old 10 MB Tecmar drive that interfaces via the >modem serial port. Does anyone know if this drive can be made to work >with system 6.0.X [remainder deleted] First, it can't be made to work with 6.0.X (unless you're a Mac wizard and good with Macsbug, and know the System like the back of your hand and know the details of the Tecmar, etc., etc.). Second, I also have one of these beasts, but mine does not work. I got it from work, where it was repaired once by Tecmar (all they did was replace the guts). It appeared to me (by the failure symptom) that it was some power-supply problem rather than a drive problem. Does anyone know where I might be able to find a schematic for one of these things ? Otherwise, Dave, tell your brother if he gets sick of his I'll take it off his hands for a FEW bucks. Maybe I can get mine to work if I have a working one to measure. Please E-Mail any replies. Thanks. M. A. Pasek Switching Software Development NCR Comten, Inc. (612) 638-6668 CNG-er-PU4-er-NMI Development 2700 N. Snelling Ave. pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM Roseville, MN 55113