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MAC >> & << DOS connect

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#42438From: Peter T. SzymonikMar 9, 1993 2:01 PM
Ok, this one is for all you techies out there … I have a Texel 3024 drive in a 486 tower. The Texel is connected to the computer via a Future Domain TMC-850 M adaptor card. There is a ribbon cable running from the drive to the adaptor card that connects to a SCSI port on the card inside the tower. Now the interesting part. The back of the Future Domain card has a port labelled "Apple SCSI port." Question: Would it be feasibly possible to run a SCSI cable from my Mac to the Future Domain card. Then with Apple CDROM driver software, I should theoretically be able to run the drive from my Mac as well as the DOS machine. I know simultaneous access is impossible. I envision a system whereby I toggle the DOS driver software on boot up. If I load the DOS driver, I have to use it on a DOS session. But if I don't load the DOS drivcer and let the Mac load it instead, I could use the drive with the Mac. Anyone tried this? Any comments? Thanx Peter Szymonik