Re: Powerbook HD: Will it show up on gs desktop?

[tbc@netcom.com (Mike Garvey)]

In a prior missive, Brian Tao <taob@io.org> eloquently scribed this stuff:

>[...]
> 
>> From what I understand, this is not a safe nor recommended proceedure.
>> Only certain Macs can be connected via SCSI. I don't know the
>> electronics behind this but all I was ever told that this should not be
>> attempted.
>
>    All the newer PowerBooks (and Duos, perhaps?) have a SCSI slave mode
>where it simply acts as an external hard drive.  The PB100 also had this
>feature, but not the 140, 145 or 170.  There's a third-party product
>available which lets those three models act as a SCSI device as well. 
>You just hook it up like any other hard drive (providing you have the
>funky PB SCSI cable).

This is another one of those fun things that I've had first-hand experience
with.  With the 30-pin cable connected to a SCSI mini-dock and PB Duo 230,
the PB (default SCSI ID of 1) works fine connected to a GS and an Apple
High-Speed SCSI card.  The RamFAST should work similarly.

You can change the PB SCSI ID and you'll need a daisy-chain cable too (the
30-pin cable ends in a 50-pin female connector).

Be seeing you...
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