Re: SE/30 problem with external SCSI drive

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From: nrc
Date: Wed, 31 May 1989 15:41

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In article <7598@spool.cs.wisc.edu> engber@shorty.cs.wisc.edu (Mike Engber)
    writes: 
>Has anyone else had problems booting an SE/30 with an external SCSI
>drive attached, but not powered up. This seems like the same problem
>a mac+ with old ROMs has. Did Apple make the same mistake twice?
>(the drive I used was a CMS 40M)

Yes, I don't know why it should matter to the Mac whether or not the drive
is powered up, but the machine knows it's connected to a SCSI device that
doesn't respond. I just leave my cable dangling when I don't need the 
drive.

-> Mark Yeager     mdyj@crnlvax5

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Subject: Re: SE/30 problem with external SCSI drive
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