SE Questions - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

8 Aug 1998

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  From: "Daniel A. Seagraves"
&lt;DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com&gt;
 To: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
 Subject: Macintosh SE questions.
 Message-ID: &lt;13377942863.8.DSEAGRAV(a)toad.xkl.com&gt;

 I got the SE to go.  Now, I need to get the SCSI harddisk I have
 to work for it.  It has a (limited) version of System 6.0.8, and I have
 a 200 meg SCSI external I plan on using.
 How do I get the Mac to initialize the SCSI disk?  (I can worry about
 System 7 later...) 
There is a program called Apple Drive Setup SC or something to that effect
which will format and prep 'apple' hard drives. (they rigged it so if the
drive does not have an apple ROM it won't format it) but there are ways around
that, check out:

http://www.euronet.nl/users/ernstoud/scsi.html

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  Also, it has an 800k disk...  Is there any way to
cheat and make a PC produce
 these?  Or will the Mac take 720k disks too? 
Neither the Mac 800k format is done with a variable speed drive and is
practically impossible to emulate in software (PC users can get around this by
adding a Copy II PC option Board which bypasses the drive's controller for
better flexibility.)

My suggestion is to see if you can get a set of SE Superdrive ROMs and a 1.4HD
drive for your SE then you can use 1.44 meg disks which CAN be read on a PC
(Via MacChette) and also can read PC disks on the Mac (Via Apple File
Exchange).  :)

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  (I can make a Mac-formatted 720k disk with hfstools...
 But I can't format
 the SCSI disk with it - no SCSI controller in the PC.) -- 
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