Syquest EZ135 drives and Amigas...

[outlawal2]

OK, so I picked up a SCSI Syquest 135 drive and hooked it up to my Amiga but it doesn't recognize it as anything other than "Unknown"... So do any of you gurus use a Syquest drive with your Amiga? Is there a specific driver or do I need all of the drive parameters, cylinders, etc.. To set it up manually. (And of course if this is the case do you have the necessary info so I can set it up manually?)



Thanks guys...

[outlawal2]

I used to use one with my old X-A1200. You just have to format the cartridge like any other hard drive. I don't remember doing anything more - The Amiga found all of the needed setting for formatting it.
Be careful what you name the cartridges, if you want to use more than one at a sitting.
I used this with an A1200, and Squirrel SCSI interface. Worked great for years.

Hmmmm..  When I try to use HDToolbox it finds the drive but cannot determine the size of the disk and then when I try to format it never completes the format job and I have to shutdown and restart the machine..  I can't tell if this is a problem with the media or with HDToolbox....

[outlawal2]

I remember SyQuest cartridges having an absurdly high defect rate - probably 1 in 4 of mine croaked right out of the shrinkwrap. Got any other cartridges to try?

Nope, I only have the one...   (That seems like a really high fail rate. I had this type drive when they first came out and I never had any issues with it.  I only had 3 cartridges, but no issues.  I must have been lucky!)

Eventually I will try another cartridge but right now so close to Xmas I better hold off...
Thanks for the tip though.  If I DO get this thing running I will update this thread and let you guys know.

Thanks!