[Coco] OT old macs ...

[Mannequin*]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:08:58 -0800
Kevin Diggs <kevdig at hypersurf.com> wrote:


> Hi,

> 

> 	Can anyone tell me why an 8600/300 locks up solid during boot if you 

> hang an Exabyte 8700 (8mm SCSI tape drive) on the external bus? It is 

> the rom that is hanging (gray screen with frozen sprite), not MacOS 8.1. 

> The tape drive works on Linux PCs and a disk works on the external bus.

> 

> 	Extra credit:  Anyone know why the linux driver for the external bus is 

> ... so primitive. It can't handle the tape drive either?

> 

> 	Anyone know where to find a programming manual for a 53c94?

> 

> 					kevin


Has the thing been upgraded at all? Processor card upgrade or anything like
that? Back when I worked at an all Mac store, those upgrades caused more
problems than anything. Uh, aside from that, I'd almost have to see it.

-M.