Re: RamFAST and incompatible hardrives - which?

["thedm" <thedm@idir.net>]

My Quantum LP105 Works just fine.
 David Empson wrote in article <19970430195742226116@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>.
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>Alexander Siegfried <ug0a@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
>
>> Mitchell Spector (spec@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:
>> :     Can someone quickly tell me which recent (or semi-recent) Quantum
>> : hardrives are incompatible with the RamFAST SCSI interface? It looks
>> : as though I'm going to have to send my Quantum Lightning 730 SCSI in
>>
>> Hey Mitch!
>>
>> Do you want to say that your Quantum 730 MB has WORKED?!? I have the
>> same one, too, but the stupid RamFAST SCSI gets errors every once
>> and awhile so I have to turn my machine off and back on after 15 (!)
>> Minutes. This is very uncomfortable when programming a game...
>
>The Fireball series doesn't work at all with a RamFast.  My theory was
>that the Fireball requires that the host supports the arbitration phase
>(and have its own SCSI ID), and the RamFast doesn't do this.
>
>I have a TrailBlazer, and I believe they work on a RamFast.  The
>TrailBlazer is a slightly older series than the Fireball.  I expect that
>all series newer than the Fireball will use the same architecture, and
>will therefore be completely incompatible with the RamFast.
>
>All of them should work fine on an Apple original or High-Speed SCSI
>card (my TrailBlazer is on an Apple HS SCSI card, and has been used with
>an original Apple card, and I think I've had it connected to a RamFast
>once).
>
>--
>David Empson
>dempson@actrix.gen.nz
>Snail mail: P.O. Box 27-103, Wellington, New Zealand
>