[Coco] OT old macs ...

[Stephen Castello]

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:08:58 -0800, Kevin Diggs <kevdig at hypersurf.com>
had a flock of green cheek conures squawk out:

>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

Did you check the usual problem spots:  device set to a unique SCSI
id, proper termination, and is the cable good?

Stephen


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