Re: G3 to Powerbook 180

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From: Paul Durrant
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 00:00

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[commenting on connecting a PowerBook 180 to a PM G3]

In article <35073e65.0@ntnews.compusmart.ab.ca>,
"Rick Gold" <rgold@compusmart.ab.ca> wrote:
> They would not even be able to talk to eachother, they would fight for
> controll, not only being ID 7, but both thinking they are a start-up device,
> I wouldn't be suprised if it blew something as well.
> 
> Dunno really, never tried it, but I don't think it is generaly recommended. 

All PowerBooks except the PB140 and PB170 can operate in SCSI disk mode
(even ones with IDE internal drives!) and are designed to be able to be
connected to other SCSI machines. It's not like connecting two desktop
machines by their SCSI ports, which is definitely not a good idea.

Paul Durrant

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From: pdurrant@durrant.demon.co.uk (Paul Durrant)
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Date: 1998/03/12
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