Re: IIgs doesn't see the SCSI harddrive.........

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com>]

"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
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> - The Apple SCSI card firmware uses the priority to determine which
> device to boot from (scanning from ID 7 down to ID 0, skipping its own
> ID).  The order in which the drives appear is also affected by this.

I think I said that already.

> - You can force a delay at startup (e.g. to give time for your hard
> drive to get ready after being powered on) by using a lower ID for your
> boot device, as it takes the SCSI card longer to find it.

The way I turn my computer on:

    1 turn on HD to allow it to spin up
    2 turn on monitor to a allow it to warm up
    3 turn on computer

This gives the monitor and HD time to get up to speed before your turn
the computer on.

>
> This means that the RamFast cannot support overlapped SCSI operations
> and does not implement the SCSI arbitration mechanism.  It also means
> that some recent hard drives (notably the Quantum Fireball series) does
> not work on a RamFast.

I think mine is a Conner drive.

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