Re: Can IIGS share drive with Mac?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <mfumu-0611970659100001@ppp24-4-3.alphalink.com.au>,
Bill Robbins <mfumu@alphalink.com.au> wrote:
>I have been planning on connecting an Iomega Zip drive between my IIgs
>(System 6.01) and my PowerBook 1400c (System OS 8) on a single SCSI bus. 

   Do NOT do this if you value the contents of this zip drive and any
other shared disks on the chain. Both OSs are designed with exclusive
operation to the drive in mind, and therefore will cache parts in
ram-- stuff like directories, where the free space is on disk,
etc. Even if it changes on disk, the ram won't be updated, and they
can cause severe disk corruption. [If you were only sharing CD-ROMs,
no HDs anywhere on the chain, this might be doable, but I'd still
recommend against it.]

   Move the Zip drive's cable or appletalk the two computers if you
want to share anything.

Nathan Mates
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