27 Nov
1999
27 Nov
'99
4:33 p.m.
Did you ever find one/data or manual/ or better yet the software to make them work?
I've got two of them here (one 3.5/5.25 the other dsdd 5.25/dshd 5.25) but only one
power supply and no software. They show on the scsi bus to scsi probe, but
won't mount a disk to the desktop...I suppose I need software for that?
I find a site on the dayna ftp that has versions of the driver...but they are password
protected, so they are of no use to me, and their tech support hasn't
answered.
All ideas/help appreciated!
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* Subject: Re: Dayna File II
* From: jruschme(a)hiway1.exit109.com
* Date: Thu, 25 Mar 99 17:20:57 +0000
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<pre>
I found a couple of these surplus. They're external 5 1/4" floppy drives
and appear to have a SCSI connector. Does anyone know what system they're
for? Are they SCSI? What voltage and polarity is the external power
supply? Any details appreciated.
</pre>
They are SCSI and with the appropriate software would allow one to read
PC-format disks on a Mac. Not sure about the adapter, but I *think* one
can still find the software at:
ftp://ftp.dayna.com/Pub/Macintosh/DaynaFile/
A couple of notes: 1) They've been discontinued for quite a while, so I
don't know how well it will work with newer OS releases. 2) Apparently,
they equipped them with different types of drives as I've seen ones with
360K, 1.2MB, and even 1.44MB floppy drives.
I have to confess that I wouldn't mind finding a cheap one to play
with. Unfortunately, the ones I've seen always seem to be out of my
range.
<<<john>>>
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Created by: Kevan Heydon on Thursday, 25-Mar-1999 09:36:00 PST