Re: 2GS Hard Drive

[me2@nowhere.org (Bart)]

>> >I tried to run this hard drive on the 2GS through it's floppy port
>> >but slotscan and copyIIplus wouldn't recognize it. Neither copyIIplus or
>> >GS system utilities would format or even recognize it. How do I format
>> >this drive for use in my 2GS?
>> >
>>
>> You're going to have to buy a SCSI card for your GS. The port on the GS is 
not
>> SCSI.Either an Apple SCSI or a RAMfast SCSI will do the job.
>>
>> LJSilicon
>
>The FLOPPY port on the mac is not scsi either but it somehow recognizes it as 
an
>external hard drive  not a scsi device.
>
Guys: the drive he is talking about is an HD20: an early Mac HD that DOES plug 
into the FLOPPY port!  It was a stop-gap that Apple came up with in the SE, + 
days.  I got one at Goodwill too.  I would also like to know how to format 
this puppy for // usage if anyone knows
=Bart

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