Re: Sharing a floptical

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <33007DF8.2D00@lexis-nexis.com>,
John E. Townsend <utownje@lexis-nexis.com> wrote:
>I have a Tulin floptical drive that I've been happily using on my IIgs
>for years, but I'm considering putting it on my Mac so that I can use it
>on that computer as well as make it sharable over my LocalTalk network
>with my IIgs and IIe.  Well, I tried just plugging it into the Mac, and
>it didn't automatically get recognized, so I assume I need some kind of
>device driver or something for it.  Does anyone know where I can find
>this, or would you be willing to email it to me if you have it?  Thanks!

You need some kind of software which can mount removeables and provides a 
device driver for them. I use APS' Powertools Drive Controls control panel
myself. If you poke around ftp.apstech.com you might find an old version,
no promises. They don't give away version 4 unless you buy a drive from 'em,
but maybe version 3. I use 3.07 to mount my magneto optical disks and I've
tried it with Syquest EZ135s too.
One thing you have to remember to do, which is a bit of a hassle, is turn
sharing off to eject a removeable, change disks, then turn sharing back on
to access different removeable disks via file sharing.
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Randy Shackelford                                 
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