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Basic SCSI docs
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The SCSI specs themselves are available from the ISO rep in each
country. In the USA this is ANSI; in Canada The Standards Council of
Canada. These docs tend to be expensive, so check your local tech
library first.
SCSI-1
American National Standard for Small Computer System Interface
(SCSI), X3.131-1986.
SCSI-2
Working Document for an enhanced Small Computer System Interface
(SCSI-2), X3.T9.2 Task Group
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ANSI
American National Standards Institute
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
Sales Department: (212) 642-4900
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Standards Council of Canada
350 Sparks St.
Ottawa, ON
K1P 6N7
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The European Computer Manufacturers Association (ECMA) has also
prepared a standard on SCSI. It is known as: Standard ECMA-111 and was
published in December 1985.
European Computer Manufacturers Association
114 Rue du Rhone
1204 Geneva (Switzerland)
The ISO SCSI Standard is (IS 9316:1989)
ISO/IEC,
Case postale 56,
CH-1211 Geneve 20
Switzerland.
SCSI specs are also available from some private companies.
Global Engineering Documents
2805 McGaw
Irvine, CA 92714
USA
(800) 854-7179
(714) 261-1455
There are just pre copyright versions of the docs available for
downloading from the SCSI BBS. [SCSI BBS (316)-636-8700] This info can
be anonymously ftp'ed from rex.cs.tulane.edu (129.81.132.1).
Books:
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SCSI: Understanding the Small Computer System Interface_,
NCR Corporation
Prentice Hall
(~US$20.00)
ISBN 0-13-796855-8
The SCSI Bench Reference
ENDL Publications
14426 Black Walnut Court
Saratoga CA, 95070
(~US$195.00)
(408) 867-6642
The SCSI Book
by Brett Glass
Prentice Hall Sept/91
(~US$45.00)
ISBN 0-13-792136-5
SCSI: Understanding the Small Computer System Interface
This book mostly covers SCSI-1, but does explain the relationship
of SCSI-1 and SCSI-2. It is especially well-suited for those who want
to learn about SCSI without wading through all the legalistic stuff in
the standard. I was told the price is in the $15 - $20 range.
The SCSI Bench Reference
This publication is aimed at engineers and technical support
personnel who are working with SCSI and don't want to lug around the
standard. It is based on the SCSI-2 standard (~600 pages), but it omits
a lot of the less-commonly needed information to get down to less than
200 pages. I think its best added value is in its excellent timing
diagrams -- some engineers just can't relate to the English timing
descriptions in the SCSI standards. This book is pricey at $195, but
they do offer deep discounts for additional copies ordered at the same
time.
The SCSI Book
(Not available yet)
Magazines
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Many magazine articles have been written about SCSI. One good way
to find them is to get ahold of Applied Science & Technology Index to
Periodicals at your local library & check out the Small Computer System
Interface (SCSI) articles listed.
Among these are:
BYTE, May/86, Page 85, Steve Ciarcia, Adding SCSI tothe SB180 computer
BYTE, June/86, Page 107, Steve Ciarcia, Bus Phases
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, Spring/88, Page 51, Daniel Loski,
Recommended Sequence of SCSI Commands for a software driver
THE COMPUTER JOURNAL, Nos 22,23,24,25,26,28,31,33, Rick Lehrbaum
The SCSI Interface (A series)
EDN, March/91, Page 122, Maury Wright, SCSI ICs
AmigaWorld Tech Journal, August/Sept/1991, Page 17, Greg Berlin
Inside SCSI