Re: Apple IIgs and Jaz Drive - SCSI Utils?

[SHartz40 <SHartz40@yahoo.com>]

On Feb 17, 2:47 pm, who...@whollymindless.com (Wholly Mindless) wrote:
> SHartz40 wrote:
> > On Feb 15, 2:03 pm, Mitchell Spector <mitch...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> I've partitioned and format it using the built-in RamFAST
> >> utility: Nine 32 MB ProDOS partitions and the remainder
> >> as one 733 MB HFS partition.
> >> Mitchell Spector
>
> > I tried over and over with the Ramfast- software- always locked up on
> > me..  I wonder why you succeeded???  Different Ramfast utility
> > version?
>
> I finally got my cable from monoprice last night and spent some time with
> the Apple High-Speed SCSI utility disk.  Despite my best efforts, it never
> seemed to see theJazdrive yet successfully recognized the CD ROM and would
> verify the CD.  Whenever I tried to go to the partition utility it would
> indicate that no hard drives were detected.  I tried both multiple addresses
> and multiple termination states to no avail.
>
> Is there another utility that might help identify the devices on the scsi
> chain?
>
> --
> Wholly

That is my findings as well.  As per above, one NEEDS to format the
cartridges on an SCSI  Mac (Wallstreet G3 Powerbook is mine)  and then
move THAT cartridge to the IIgs.  At least that's the only way I could
get it to work - and I tried a bunch of methods and programs over
several days.  The Jaz comes with an SCSI ID of device #4, so make
sure none of the other devices in the SCSI chain have that ID#,,,,
The Jaz is self aware as to termination and I left the termination
switch in the middle on 'A".....And the  Ramfast, I believe, is
terminanted already  and is device # 1.

I have the following--    Ramfast 3.01f--->Apple CD drive--> Zip 250---
> 2nd Zip 250--> Jaz as my chain.   The Zips are ID 5 and 6 (only
choices)