Re: RamFast SCSI Question

[Rich Hare <Rich113JL@gmail.com>]

Rich Hare wrote:
> I've got a RamFast SCSI card in my IIGS (Rom 03) that I've been using 
> without problems for the last several years.  I'm pretty familiar with 
> SCSI protocols, including termination, term power, and SCSI ID.
>
> I'm trying (without success) to connect to a 1 gig hard drive that is 
> HFS formatted.  The drive works perfectly fine when connected to my 
> Macintosh (6100 pizza-box Mac), but the RamFast just won't recognize it 
> in any configuration (first on the chain, last on the chain... etc.).
>
> The RamFast recognizes several other 270 MB HFS hard drives that I use, 
> with no problems whatsoever.  It just won't recognize this drive.  It 
> reports "device is offline".
>
> Am I trying to do the impossible?  Is one gigabyte (1060 MB) beyond what 
> the Ramfast can handle?  What IS the limit?  500 MB?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rich

Further Developments

I picked up some 1.2 gig Quantum Fireball drives (on Ebay).  They all 
work well on my Mac, so I tried one on the IIGS.  It works just fine!

I'm going to play with it some more, back and forth, and see what is it 
that makes this one work and the other one not.  Firmware?  Small 
partition/big partition?

Rich