MAC/ Apple //c compatibility questions

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_exit109.com>
Date: Wed Nov 18 22:12:48 1998

> > > And as non-Apple floppy drives for the Mac go, there was the DaynFile, which
> > > was a nice two-drive box with a SCSI interface. It could be configured with
> > > a mix of 360K, 1.2M, and 1.44M PC-format disks.
> >
> > Ugh. These were incredibly expensive and each mechanism would
> > only read one particular disk format. I recall transferring data
> > from 360K floppy to 1.2M floppy on a PC before putting it on the
> > Mac -- annoying for one disk but extremely tedious after a while. Like
> > all Dayna products, they never properly supported it and nowadays
> > deny all knowledge.
>
> Well there is a glimmer they do know something. If you go to
> ftp.dayna.com, there is a Daynafile directory listing. From the
> accompanying readme:
>
> "DAYNAFILE READ ME
>
> These files are for use with the DaynaFILE and non-PCI based Macintosh
> machines. Beware that these files are PASSWORD PROTECTED. Version 3.1
> of the software is free of charge, and requires no ROM upgrade.
> Version 4.1 is not free of charge and requires a ROM upgrade.
>
> For information on passwords or ROM upgrades, please contact:
> support_at_dayna.com

Don't hold too much hope about Dayna (now part of Intel)...

I called their customer service number this afternoon to see if I could
get programming info for a SCSI/Link-T (I had the idea of seeing if I could
add Dayna support to the NetBSD SCSI Ethernet driver). From talking to
*the* customer service person (somehow I doubt there was more than one),
there are no engineers left and apparently little, if any, technical info
(none, of course, about the SCSI/Link).

I even went so far as to ask if there might be someone at Intel to whom
the info was transferred... no such person seems to exist.

<soapbox>
It never ceases to amaze and confuse me how such product information
can totally disappear, particularly in a buyout. Presumably, Intel bought
Dayna for some reason; I would have assumed it was for Dayna's intellectual
property. Obviously, though, that can't be the case... :-(
</soapbox>

<<<John>>>
Received on Wed Nov 18 1998 - 22:12:48 GMT