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#Syquest problems

    08-Aug-93 17:50:12
Sb: #Syquest problems
Fm: Bill Reeves 74226,3554
To: all
I have just installed a Syquest 88meg which I acquired from another Amiga user in this forum. I am having problems with writing to it and then reading what I wrote. GIF files which were copied to it couldn't be displayed by anyone of several programs (both Amiga and PC). This was true even when I copied the GIFs back onto another medium. When I copied an ASCII text file onto the Syquest most of the file (the first 2/3 or more) was missing. Finally when I tried to format another disk that was already formatted as an Amiga disk everything went well until the very end when I got a "Not a DOS disk" message. The system refuses to even come up when I have an unformatted disk in the drive. I have checked by addresses (Syquest, CDROM and one HD). All are OK. They are 4, 5 and 6 respectively. The Syquest is the last physical device on the external chain and is terminated. It does share an external case with the CDROM. Is there something I should do software-wise? Please help!! Thanks. Bill