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amaddiso@extro (Alex Maddison) writes:

>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).

What exactly is an "Apple" drive?  As far as I know they used standard old 
SCSI drives... Quantum is common.  The prep software should work with all 
drives shouldn't it?  If it doesn't then the drive is non-standard, or the 
software is poorly written.  I think that the problem may arise if you try 
to use the Apple prep software with a non-Apple SCSI controller.  Most 
platforms allow for this... don't know how the Apple software copes with 
other brands of controller as I've never had any experience with a 3rd 
party controller on a Mac.