Re: IIgs and APS 230 Magnetic Optical - No go

[bpvh@primenet.com (Bradley P. Von Haden)]

shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford) wrote:

>Willie Yeo <yeo@pigeon.qut.edu.au> wrote:
>>Bradley P. Von Haden (bpvh@primenet.com) wrote:
>>
>>: My system: ROM 03, Apple Hi-speed SCSI card, Quantum 240 hard drive,
>>: Can anyone offer any suggestions?
>>
>>       I wonder if the MO requires a termination power like those of
>>the Zip drive to an Apple HS SCSI card ???

>That's not the problem. APS SR2000 enclosures have digital active
>termination. Active termination, like the name implies, has
>hardware that monitors the SCSI bus, ensuring proper levels of
>termination power are present. Digital active termination is
>exclusive to APS, and is pretty spiffy. My IIgs' 230 mb Quantum
>hard disk lives in an SR2000 enclosure.

Tried it with DATerm both on and off and neither worked.

>I tried my APS 230 MO on my IIgs once, with the same results. When
>on the chain with a hard disk, the IIgs would not boot. I tried it
>on my ROM 01 with rev C SCSI card as the only device, and booted
>the IIgs from Appleshare. It didn't see any SCSI device connected.
>I called APS to ask why it didn't work and didn't get much of an
>answer. The drive works fine on my Mac Plus and Powerbook, neither
>of which provide terminator power themselves. And the hard disk in
>the SR2000 on my IIgs works great, which rules out DAterm as a
>cause. I guess the bottom line is just no dice using that drive on
>a II.

My set-up booted just fine.  It just could not see the APS drive.

What does the APS drive do, lights, sounds, etc, when you put in a
cartridge?

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