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- hartigan@flowbee.interaccess.com (Mike Hartigan) wrote:
- >Just a few questions that have, no doubt, been asked before and,
- >no doubt, been adequately answered before, but please bear with
- >me.
- >
- >Can I, generally speaking, use a SCSI-II drive on a SCSI-I
- >controller?
-
- Yes you can, it is backward compatable.
-
- >If so, what, if anything, do I need to know about the differences?
- >
-
- Nothing really.
-
- >Throughput would certainly be affected, but to what extent? Can I
- >expect native SCSI-I performance, or would the speed be affected by
- >other factors as well?
- >
-
- Your throughput will depend on your SCSI controller (mostly).
-
- >What about cabling requirements?
- >
-
- Same.
-
- >I'm assuming that the SCSI-II drive would need to be non-FAT/WIDE.
- >
-
- Fast/Wide SCSI uses 32bit data paths, which is not compatable with the 8bit
- SCSI standard.
-
- >Any other considerations?
- >
-
- Just do it.
-
- >Any info relating specifically to the A3000 would be particularly
- >helpful.
- >
-
- Just hook it up and use HDToolBox.
-
- >Thanks in advance,
- > -Mike
- >
- >
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- >+ | /// Mike Hartigan |
- >+ Was I late, or was the bus early? |\\\ /// hartigan@interaccess.com |
- >+ | \\\/// |
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- >
- >
- >
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