Re: PC SCSI Drives compatible with Mac?

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From: Alex Maddison
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 00:00

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Chris Paterson (chris@perth.DIALix.oz.au) wrote:
: Does anyone know if SCSI drives sold for IBM-PCs are compatible with
: the MAc - specifically internal LC-II slot?

: They seem to be a fair bit cheaper  - why?  SCSI is SCSI isn't it?

Well I can't say whether they'll install OK or not - but if they do, 
you're going to have to find a hard-drive formatting program. The Apple 
HD Setup software will ONLY work on Apple drives! Third-party software is 
required to format/partition/etc. any non-Apple HDs! And boy it can be 
expensive for a piece of software you'll probably only use once! Apart 
from that, SCSI is SCSI, so there's no reason why the hardware won't be 
compatible (but don't quote me on that).

Alex.

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Subject: Re: PC SCSI Drives compatible with Mac?
Date: 1995/06/12
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