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

>Subject: Re: G3 to Powerbook 180
>From: Paul Womar
>Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 23:17:01 +0000
>Newsgroups: demon.tech.mac
>
>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.  I hear bus
>arbitration on some SCSI drives allows you to use 2 machines with one
>drive but to be honest it's all over my head, hopefully someone else
>knows more than me.  It would be  lot easier to use an external HD and
>use that to pass data between the machines with that.  If you want an
>HDI 30 pin to 25 pin SCSi cable I do have one but I'd make sure you know
>it will all work fine first. 

It works fine, there's a control panel on the Powerbook to allow you to
choose a different SCSI number for it. It's the best way to go if you don't
mind the fact that the Powerbook has to be pretty close physically to the
Mac.

Gordon


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