>Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 15:43:09 -0400 >From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: SyQuest drives > >At 12:21 -0700 on 12/05/02, Bill Brown wrote: > >>Sometime back, two ancient SyQuest 44 external drives came into my life. >>They SCSI onto everything from an SE running System 7.1 through my beige >>G3 running OS 8.1 and work just fine with no drivers required beyond the >>MacOS. Last week, a SyQuest 135 and a SyQuest 270 walked into my life >>though without any software. I have not gotten the 135 nor 270 to work >>with any Mac. FWB and some other utilities will see the drive but the >>SyQuest disks will not mount. The drives spin up ok with the lights > >Have you tried the SyQuest Utilites package on www.syquest.com? Dunno if >it's still there; if not, try the Mac Driver Museum > >The EZ135 shipped with an OEM version of SilverLining Lite but I was able >to format the disks with Drive Setup after hacking it.
I've a copy of Silverlining 5.5 which might do the trick for you. Recently used by a friend to reformat over 300 drives for Compacts that will run Sys 6 and assorted elementary ed software in lucky schools abroad. However, he says that it has never failed him regardless of other factors. I can extract it from the 800K boot floppy it's on and email it to ya if ya want... Bob F -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> 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/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
