User Manual i-Drive 2.1
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b) Data exchange between different computer systems
Generally speaking, data exchange with PC Card storage media functions without any
problems between different computer systems. Most exchangeable media device
drivers treat SCSI exchangeable media as exchangeable hard disks, i.e. the media
must be partitioned. This is done with suitable partitioning or formatting programs.
One of the exceptions is OS/2 Warp, which treats SCSI exchangeable media as high
capacity diskettes without partitioning. Accordingly, you cannot exchange PC Card
media between DOS and OS/2 systems.
Reliable data exchange between different computer systems is only guaranteed with
ATA Flash PC Cards (e.g. SanDisk) and ATA hard disks, since these media satisfy the
requirements of modern SCSI exchangeable media device drivers. These types of
storage media are always partitioned.
3.3
Apple Macintosh computers
When configuring the SCSI ID, do not use ID 0 and 7 because they are usually used
by the internal hard disk and/or the SCSI interface adapter, respectively. altec has
tested the i-Drive with different models of Macintosh computer under MacOS versions
7.1 and 7.5
The Macintosh operating system automatically looks for devices on the SCSI bus when
the system boots, and automatically recognizes the altec i-Drive as a SCSI device.
However, for reliable exchange of data, you should use an appropriate Apple-compati-
ble driver. This also allows data to be exchanged with DOS computers.
