Re: Apple IIgs and Jaz Drive- keeps ejecting Why?

[SHartz40 <SHartz40@yahoo.com>]

On Feb 15, 10:56 am, SHartz40 <SHart...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Feb 14, 1:31 pm, Rich Hare <Rich11...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > SHartz40 wrote:
> > > Success!!!!  One CAN NOT format the drives on the IIgs in my
> > > experience.  They are just too large.  Can be
> > > formatted and partitioned on a Mac with SCSI using  2 different
> > > programs, then back to the GS fro additional tweeking....  Spent all
> > > day on it yesterday and finally found a solution!  Using theJaznow!
> > > I anyone needs  disks formatted and partitioned, just mail them to me
> > > with # and size of partitions and HFS or ProDos and I'll work on them
> > > and return ready to go.    Will run about $5 per cartridge plus
> > > postage - fair enough?  (takes 30 minutes  per 1GB cartridge)
> > > Steve
>
> > That's terrific news.  I can't wait to try it myself.  Two questions:
> > 1) What size HFS partitions did you make?  Will the IIGS recognizeJaz
> > partitions above 100 MB?
> > 2) What SCSI card are you using; RamFast or Apple?
>
> > Rich
>
> I have a 4904K HFS standard partition right now.    Ramfast with
> latest ROM upgrade.  Still no solution, however, to theJaz'sleep'
> problem previously described still exists. Only solution is to 'goose'
> the drive every few minutes- a pain.   Working on an Ultramacros
> solution within AW 5.1 to 'wake' theJazdrive every 30 minutes to
> keep it from going to 'sleep' - looks real promising...

Jaz macro : HELP!  see if you can find the problem in this Appleworks
5.1 macro to keep the Jaz alive....

J:<all><msg "sa-J active" : wait 4000 : $0 = time24 :   $1 = right
$0,2 : M = val $1 : $1 = left $0,2 : H = val $1 : goto ba-J>!

<ba-J>:< sa-Q : {go to Add files} $0 = "Prodos directory "  :  find :
rtn : ctrl-Y : print "/Iomega.AA"  :  rtn  rtn  esc : M=M+1 :  if M=60
then M=0 : H=H+1 : endif: wake sa-J at H:M>!