Apple 2300 Series manual Connecting your computer as a hard disk

Connecting your computer as a hard disk

Before making any connections, you need to assign a unique SCSI ID number to the PowerBook. (The unique ID number allows the computer to communicate with several connected devices.)

1 Turn off password protection in the Password Security control panel (if it is turned on).

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For instructions, see “How do I turn password security on and off?” in the “Setting Options” topic area of Macintosh Guide, available in the Guide (h) menu.

Choose Control Panels from the Apple (K) menu of your PowerBook computer.

Open the PowerBook Setup control panel.

In the SCSI Disk Mode section of the control panel, click the ID number you want to assign.

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If you are connecting the PowerBook to an existing SCSI chain, make sure to give it an ID number different from those of the other devices. (Many devices include an ID number indicator on the back panel.)

(The SCSI ID number is preset to 2 at the factory.)

Close the PowerBook Setup control panel.

Press the Power (P) key on the PowerBook until you see the Shut Down dialog box, and click Shut Down to turn the PowerBook off.

Shut down the computer you are connecting to, and turn off any other devices in the SCSI chain.

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