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In <Bxz72A.Js9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> heller@heller.slip.uiuc.edu (Helmut Heller) writes:

>Hello,
>I just ordered (but don't have yet) a Toshiba 1.2GB hard drive (external) for  
>my NeXTstation turbo. The place I ordered from is a Mac vendor and does not  
>know about NeXTs. He said I would need drivers for the Next to drive the  
>drive, which he can not supply.

>Has anyone successfully (or not?) mounted such a drive on a NeXT?
>If so, do I need special drivers and where do I get those from?
>Anything to watch out for?
>Any general tips/recommendations?

>I have never before entered into the low level interface to a hard drive, so  
>I am very innocent here.
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I just installed one in my Station yesterday.  No problems at all.  No
drivers needed, either.  What you should do first is: put it into an
external box (eg: cannibalize an old Mac hard drive power supply and cable
rig) and attach it to your current station.  You will also need a SCSI-1 to
SCSI-2 cable, since the Centronics-type cable on your Mac box will not be
compatable with the leetle-itty-bitty SCSI plug on the back of your NeXT. 
That's about $50 or so from NeXT or some other vendor.  Anyway, just plug it
into the back.  Turn on your computer.  It Just Will Work.  Actually, it'll
ask you "External Disk is Unreadable.  Initialize or Ignore?" in a little
info window.  Unless you're really fussy about how you initialize it, you
can just hit "initialize" and you're off an running.

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