on 1/31/04 6:35 PM, dana sibera at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Only that I've seen mentioned in quite a few places that drives that > came with compaq machines don't seem to work with macs very succesfully > at all, and he mentions this one has a compaq part number. Perhaps > there's something small & annoying with compaq ROMs that makes them so > problematic with macs. Who knows. > > (i haven't had problems with a compaq drive in any of mine, cos I've > never come across one, just repeating what I've read elsewhere :) > > dana I just force-converted a Compaq 2 Gig SCSI to work inside my WorkGroup Server 80 (Quadra 800). I think I ran it thru a couple of formatting programs. Using Lido 7.56 made it take forever until after waiting for about half an hour or more, I just shut it off, then rebooted using Drive Setup to finish the conversion. Lido seemed to weaken it's resolve to stay darkside while DS took it the rest of the way. Jeff G. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
