hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (11/07/90)
In article <283400007@adaptx1> neese@adaptx1.UUCP writes: >>I want to take a SCSI cable from my mac to the Syquest. Then another SCSI >>cable from the Syquest to my IBM. I wish to be able to swap from an IBM to a >>Mac cartridge and then mount that cartridge from either machine. Is this >>possible? >This can be done, BUT you cannot have both CPU's access the drive at the >same time, unless you have a driver for both systems that know how to >reserve/release the drive, to keep the computers from colliding with >each other. This is also a function of the SCSI adapter, right? As in, if the hardware doesn't handle bus arbitration, the software can't do anything about it? >A driver would also be needed for making the filesystems look like they should >for each system. If you just want to share the disk and not individual files on the disk, all you need is to make the drivers recognize a common partitioning scheme, instead of worrying about converting filesystems. >>Lastly does anyone know where a good deal can be found on this drive? The >>best I have found is $579 for an external drive with 1 cartridge. I ordered from D.C. Drives (in Computer Shopper). Their price for drive and 1 cartridge is $530. (What do you mean by "external" drive - packaged with case and power supply? You're not likely to find a packaged drive for less than $700.) I got a bare drive ($450) because they were out of cartridges at the time I ordered. (10 days ago. Quite frustrating because the guy taking my order said the drive would arrive last Wednesday. I called Friday to ask why it hadn't shown up yet, and the guy said "oh, we haven't shipped your order yet. We've been out of cartridges for a while." Nice of them to tell me so... Anyway, I told 'em to send the drive minus the cartridge, and it got here today. I guess that's tolerable. ?) On a slightly related note - I'm now in need of more complete specs for this unit. The accompanying docs tell me a little, but not quite enough to format the thing. How many sectors per track? Should I worry about reserved tracks and sectors, or is that all hidden? How about write pre-compensation? Answers would be greatly appreciated.... -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan Mac// - adv., q.v. MacToo, e.g. McHave a McHappy McDay! McThanks, McYou MacToo!
chandler@beagle.UUCP (Jim Chandler) (11/11/90)
In article <1990Nov6.165842.5826@math.lsa.umich.edu>, hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) writes: > I ordered from D.C. Drives (in Computer Shopper). Their price for drive and > 1 cartridge is $530. (What do you mean by "external" drive - packaged with > case and power supply? You're not likely to find a packaged drive for less > than $700.) I got a bare drive ($450) because they were out of cartridges > I got my SyQuest drive from Hard Drives Intl. for $400 without the cartridge. They sell the cartridges for $75 a piece. BTW, that was without a controller since I already had one but I think that they package it with an ST-01 from Seagate. If I remember correctly, they had the external with controller for around $575-$600 but I don't remember for sure. > On a slightly related note - I'm now in need of more complete specs for this > unit. The accompanying docs tell me a little, but not quite enough to format > the thing. How many sectors per track? Should I worry about reserved tracks > and sectors, or is that all hidden? How about write pre-compensation? Answers > would be greatly appreciated.... Call SyQuest at 1-415-490-7511 and ask for the documentation for the drive. The docs are great and explain quite alot about the drive. SyQuest also has a BBS with files and descriptions for installation on a number of machines and operating systems. The number is 415-656-0473. Have fun and good luck. -- Jim Chandler asuvax!xroads!beagle!chandler chandler@beagle.uucp