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- From: gpearce@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Greg Pearce)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: HELP! Owner wants to upgrade to SCSI-2 but has Nexus card...
- Date: 12 Apr 1996 04:58:07 -0400
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- Avery Payne (avery.p.payne@bangate1.tek.com) wrote:
- : I have a Nexus card in my 2500, and am thinking about upgrading to a newer
- : drive (my little 40meg Quantum is showing it's age).
-
- : Question: most of the new drives are SCSI-2. I've read elsewhere that the
- : standard was emerging when most controllers were being designed/manufactured.
- : Will my Nexus SCSI card interface with a SCSI-2 drive? (with the right cables,
- : of course)
-
- : I don't have ANY documentation for the card. In fact, I was lucky to get the
- : format utility on a floppy! Any information would be greatly appreciated.
-
- : Avery Payne
- : avery.p.payne@bangate1.tek.com
-
- : "The opinions expressed are not those of my employer or Tektronix, Inc."
- SCSI 2 drives will automatically fall back to SCSI 1. They should work on
- your controller. The cables should be the same unless you use Wide SCSI
- 2, which won't work.
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- Pegasone
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