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  2. From: wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: Parallel & Serial Chaining?
  5. Date: 6 Feb 1996 00:44:25 GMT
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  12. Glenn Saunders (krishna@primenet.com) wrote:
  13.  
  14. : It's too bad that parallel devices can't daisy chain and have their own ID
  15. : that they and only they respond to.
  16.  
  17. That's what SCSI is: 8-bit, high-speed parallel with device IDs.  
  18. Unfortunately, it does add some overhead (i.e., cost), so Centronics 
  19. parallel still wins out for most printers.
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