[MacDV] Re: can't see formac ext disk

Mark Walker mark at scip.org.uk
Wed May 19 12:12:13 PDT 2004


thanks Jim

>Initializing means formatting. Puts the mac basic file system on the 
>disc. Usually
>a good thing to do with a new disc.

got that bit - it wants me to do it but I don't want to because it's 
got stuff on it I want, hence the question

>The ATA bus is the disc controller. It is the many pin ribbon cable 
>plugged into your discs.

great - this makes sense now but how can I plug that into a powerbook 
or imac  - perhaps using an adaptor?

regards

mark

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