Re: Vulcan HD replacement

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

James Poore (aw133@lafn.org) wrote:

: In a previous article, dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) says:

: >I did find one problem with the SCSI/Vulcan box hack.  SCSI drives take a
: >few seconds to 'wake up' and the IIgs doesn't wait quite long enough
: >before giving up and going on to the next slot (or simply giving up
: >altogether), so on those rare occasions when I re-start my GS, I usually
: >have to do it twice...once with the power switch, then once with a
: >'three-finger salute'.

: I've never heard it put quite that way, a 'three-fingered salute' but I 
: love it :)

I like it too (obviously), but I refuse to take credit for it.  I first
saw it on a newsgroup, referring to a computer restart, but I can't
remember if it was in reference to our 3-finger (Apple-RESET) (which, by
the way, has finally been added to MacOS), or to the Ctrl-Alt-Delete
sequence on the PeeCees.

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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