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To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu From: risto@vortex.is (Risto Jouhki) Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 15:26:31 +0000 At 08:31 7/7/97 -0400, you wrote: > > I've checked the SCSI HOWTO andd the comp.peripherals.scsi FAQ, but=20 >neither of them seem to deal with this nearly unique problem. > > An old MAC SE I got back in '88 lost its picture tube a while ago, bu= t=20 >it was still usable as a remote drive for a while longer. Eventually I= =20 >gave up on it and put it away. > > Recently I got a SCSI controller to talk to a scanner, and I was=20 >interested in seeing if I could get some old data off that drive. I go= t=20 >the hsftools to talk to Mac floppies, so that part's fine. Next, I hoo= ked=20 >up the drive to the SCSI bus and powered up everything... > > ...and the card locks up every time it tries to Test Unit Ready on ID= =3D0.=20 >Either on powerup or when the ncr53c8xx driver resets the card, the LE= D=20 >on the drive lights up and stays lit, and the whole system hangs. > > I tried powering down just the drive (I had it hooked to the Mac powe= r=20 >supply (they both share a common ground, so I don't think it's any sor= t=20 >of power problem) and it can continue on from there, recognize the=20 >scanner at ID=3D6, and finish booting. Once it actually seemed partial= ly=20 >successful in identifying the drive at that point (it printed: > > VENDOR: SONY MODEL: SRD2040A > > ...or something like that, which is actually correct.) The drive did=20 >seem to work fine for a long time with the onboard NCR5380 chip on the= =20 >Mac. > > Anyway, to sum up: > > Drive: Sony SRD2040A, SCSI-1, 40MB > PC controller: NCR53c825. > > I just wanted to know if there was any hope or if I should just toss = it=20 >out as broken... Does this sound like a termination problem? Is the Ma= c=20 >internal SCSI cable I'm using incompatible in some way?=20 > > Sincerely, > > Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com > > "Every question has a simple, easy-to-understand wrong answer." > -H. L. Mencken > > Hi! There should not be a proplem. I have tried 2 80M Quantum=B4s from Mac=B4s with my AHA1510 controller and worked fine. But i formatted both of them first as PC-disk=B4s don=B4t now how to use them as Mac-formatted. Good luck Risto Risto Jouhki Email: risto@vortex.is Frostafold 20 IS-112 Reykjav=EDk ICELAND
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