Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!decwrl!shlump.nac.dec.com!vaxphw.dec.com From: phil@vaxphw.dec.com (Phil Hunt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Dec Drives and SCSI Message-ID: <4138@shlump.nac.dec.com> Date: 18 Aug 89 03:48:15 GMT Sender: news@shlump.nac.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 22 Hi, due to the way that my employer implements SCSI drives in their equipment, a Dec SCSI drive does not spin up when power is applied...It waits for a SCSI 'Start/Stop' command....So, to use this on a Mac (as a data disk, not bootable), I would have to write an init that would do just that, send a SCSI Start/Stop command to the drive/cxontroller.... Since I have never done any SCSI stuff and haven't done an INIT for YEARS (yes, 2 years now!), anyone have any code they could send my way to help me? ThaNks.... ================================================================== Phil Hunt "Wherever you go, there you are!!!" Digital Equipment Corporation Phone: (508)486-2164 ENET: VAXPHW::PHIL USENET: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com MOREUSENET: phil%vaxphw.dec@decwrl.enet.dec.com EVENMORE: ....!decwrl!dec-vaxphw!phil 'My opinions are my own, SO THERE!'