Re: PC SCSI Drives compatible with Mac?

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From: David Rosenboom
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 00:00

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In article <3rgmrj$ofk@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>, amaddiso@extro says...
>
>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.

I am also very interested in purchasing an external hard drive that I can 
use on both the mac and the pc, but I think I should buy an external mac 
hard drive since, as you say, the mac requires a special formatting 
program that will only work on mac drives. I think I will have little 
trouble using this drive on pc. Of course I could be wrong! Got any 
suggestions!!

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From: dhr@inforamp.net (David Rosenboom)
Subject: Re: PC SCSI Drives compatible with Mac?
Date: 1995/06/13
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