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- From: jdow@BIX.com (Joanne Dow)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: SCSI-I / SCSI-II compatability
- Date: 30 Jan 1996 10:07:03 GMT
- Organization: Delphi Internet Services Corporation
- Message-ID: <4ekqk7$p74@news2.delphi.com>
- References: <4e1ift$rnh@nntp.interaccess.com> <4eb6uo$al9@tbd120.tbd.ford.com> <4eiuqj$6ps@rapidnet.com>
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- In article <4eiuqj$6ps@rapidnet.com>, wblock@rapidnet.com (Warren Block) wrote:
- >Chris \"Big-Kahuna\" Rampson (crampson@ford.com) wrote:
- >
- >: Fast/Wide SCSI uses 32bit data paths, which is not compatable with the 8bit
- >: SCSI standard.
- >
- >Fast Wide SCSI is only 16 bits wide, which is how they come up with the
- >20M/sec theoretical max: double that of narrow Fast SCSI-2.
-
- FYI you are both right. WIDE SCSI has two potential realizations as 16 bits wide
- with a 68 pin cable or 32 bits wide with both a 50 pin wide cable and a 68 pin
- wide cable in parallel. (The interface definition includes provision for
- deskewing the two cables involved.)
-
- >--
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- >| Warren R. Block * New EMail Address: wblock@rapidnet.com |
- >| Rapid City SD USA * Brought to you in majestic INEMASCOP! |
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- {^_^} Joanne Dow, Amiga Exchange Editor on BIX, aka The Wizardess
- jdow@bix.com, jdow@delphi.com, jdow@mci.newscorp.com
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