Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 19:40:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Problems when adding a 3rd SCSI drive Message-ID: <199505291010.TAA07237@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950529140841.4966E-100000@leo> from "Brian Tao" at May 29, 95 02:11:44 pm
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Brian Tao stands accused of saying:
>
> On Sun, 28 May 1995 pritc003@maroon.tc.umn.edu wrote:
> >
> > Rodime 3085S disk drive ID 5 <---- this is the drive I'm trying to add
>
> Just a wild guess here... the Rodime drive was originally intended
> for use on a Macintosh, was it? I've had practically no luck getting
> older Rodime "Macintosh" hard drives running on any other platform
> (including the RamFAST SCSI interface on my Apple IIGS, which is
> typically quite tolerant about weird SCSI drive firmware). I don't
> know if that's your problem here, but the name "Rodime" triggered a
> few bad memories.
I'll second that one - I've done quite a lot of work on various SCSI
peripherals, and Mac-specific firmware is the kiss of death for lots
of models, either in performance or just plain functionality.
(I used to use an Atari TT, which was even more tolerant than the GS,
and had some _very_ nice tools, and still had lots of grief).
> Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
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