Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!itsgw!steinmetz!uunet!portal!cup.portal.com!8b From: 8b@cup.portal.com (S Spencer Sun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: (none) Message-ID: <12094@cup.portal.com> Date: 4 Dec 88 03:31:38 GMT References: <8812020516.aa00427@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 23 If the SCSI hard drive you have lets you (it is not a universal feature), then yes, you can connect two GS's (or more) to the same SCSI hard drive, but you will need a SCSI card for each computer you hook up. in addition, you'll have to set some priority number (I forget the technical term)...and what this does is, if two coputers want to access the drive at the same time, on eiwll go first, then the other. The can't access the same file at the same time, in other words. And if one computer has a file open, unless you have certain software, the other computer can't touch that file until the first computer closes it. Hope this helps... [ ]:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::[ ] | 8b@cup.portal.com | Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. | | sun.com!cup.portal.com!8b | A Smith & Wesson beats four aces. | | sun!portal!cup.portal.com!8b | In case of doubt, make it sound con- | | Eight Ball #1 | vincing. | | Corner Pocket BBS - Balto, MD | If you can't dazzle'em with dexterity, | | (301) 821-1497 300/1200/2400 | then baffle'em with bull----. | [ ]:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::[ ]