23 Jan
2014
23 Jan
'14
5:01 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 1:02 AM, Tom Gardner <tom94022 at comcast.net> wrote:
I worked at SyQuest in the 90s and have some vague
recollection of the 200
MB product. So to the best of my recollection regarding yr theories:
(lots of helpful info)
Shortly after I sent the initial post, the last 88mb cart I tried
worked in the 200mb drive. So I do think the remaining four (which I
did try again) 88mb carts are bad or degaussed. They are Syquest
branded, despite the "incompatible" cart error code. I'll try them
with the drive attached to a real Mac sometime but I suspect the
failure to mount the carts is happening in the drive.
Interestingly, while Windows sees the drive as a 5200C both with no
cartridge loaded and with the 200mb cartridge loaded, it suddenly sees
it as a 5110 with the 88mb cart in. Clever firmware, changing its
identity according to the capacity of the media.
Thanks to Tom and others who replied
j