Re: G3 to Powerbook 180

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From: Paul Durrant
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 00:00

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In article <1d5ovrs.10ydatpck8ejjN@pwomar.demon.co.uk>,
Newsmaster@pwomar.demon.co.uk (Paul Womar) wrote:

> Lawrence Flowers <leaf@teaftech.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > That sounds better; so I need a cable that connects the special SCSI port on
> > the 180 to the SCSI on the G3?.
> 
> Yes you'll need a cable but I'm not sure if what you want is possible/a
> good idea.
> 
> >  What about ID numbers or is that sorted out
> > anyway by SCSI disc mode?
> 
> This is problem one, both machines will hvae their internal SCSI host
> adaptor set to ID 7 which I don't think you can change.

No, it does work, and that's not a problem. It's a feature built into the
ROMS of the PowerBooks. I've done it frequently with both a PowerBook 100
and various PowerBook Duos. (AFAIK, only the PB140 and the PB170 don't have
the SCSI disk mode facility.)

Paul Durrant

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Date: 1998/03/11
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