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- December 8, 1988
-
-
- The second meeting of the SCSI-2 CAM (Common Access Method) Committee was
- hosted on December 7 at the Hyatt Islandia in San Diego by Cipher Data. The
- following attendees were present:
-
- Company Name Company Name
-
- M. Aarons EMULEX G. Marazas IBM
- D. Allan ENDL D. McDonald DILOG
- J. Armstrong NCR J. McGrath QUANTUM
- C. Ballard BALLARD SYNERGY P. Mercer SYQUEST
- G. Barton IOMEGA R. Monsour STAC
- B. Bonner WESTERN DIGITAL S. Nester SMS
- P. Boulay LMS OSD J. Palonsky SMS
- M. Bryan MINISCRIBE L. Payne CIPHER DATA
- S. Cornaby MICROPOLIS R. Perry SEAGATE
- M. Dawson NCR R. Phillips MERIDIAN DATA
- J. Dunning HEWLETT PACKARD T. Putnam OPTOTECH
- L. Edwards VERBATIM D. Rawcliffe SEAGATE
- M. Evans SYTRON G. Reichenberg ASPEN PERIPHERALS
- M. Fitzpatrick PRIME COMPUTER C. Ridgeway SUN MICROSYSTEMS
- A. Giorgiou CIPHER DATA L. Robinson STORAGE DIMENSIONS
- R. Goetz WESTERN DIGITAL J. Rubino SEAGATE
- W. Hahn MARTIN MARIETTA J. Semenak AT&T
- J. Hamada MITSUBISHI ELECT S. Shah WESTERN DIGITAL
- J. Harper OPTOTECH D. Skinner NCR
- B. Homans LMS TSD G. Slaughter SUN MICROSYSTEMS
- G. Houlder CDC IMPRIMIS S. Smyers AMD
- J. Hubert MAXTOR B. Snively ADAPTEC
- M. Jerbic HEWLETT PACKARD G. Stevens ONTRACK COMP SYS
- S. Jones MAXTOR R. Tewell COLUMBIA DATA
- J. Katzung APPLE G. Vianson MOUNTAIN COMPUTER
- K. Kelly CIPHER DATA J. Webb SYTRON
- R. Krishnasnami NCR A. Welsh COLUMBIA DATA
- L. Lamers SONY B. Winterstein CIPRICO
- C. Linsley SMS J. Zilinski NEC IS
- J. Lohmeyer NCR
-
- This is a "quickie" set of minutes just to get the information on hand out
- before our next meeting.
-
- Presentations were made by:
-
- COLUMBIA DATA Rick Tewell BALLARD SYNERGY Clint Ballard
- SYTRON * Mike Evans NCR Jerry Armstrong
- SYTRON * John Webb IOMEGA * Larry Holmstrom
- CIPHER DATA * Andy Giorgiou STORAGE DIMENSIONS * Lance Robinson
- * Material generated at the meeting - to be available for next mailing
-
- The enclosed document from Iomega is not confidential but Iomega wants to know
- who has received copies. The CAM Committee hs been granted a copy license on
- the proviso that the names of those on distribution will be supplied upon
- request.
-
- BE AWARE OF THIS CRITERION IF YOU DISTRIBUTE THIS MAILING INTERNALLY.
- ADDITIONAL COPIES MAY BE MADE IF YOU ADVISE IOMEGA.
-
- Additional material was supplied by Optotech for distribution but there was no
- presentation made on it.
-
- The meeting vacillated between describing and debating implementations and
- models. At times it was very confusing.
-
- It is essential that the committee define a model, a syntax, and a glossary.
- This is going to be the main focus of the next meeting.
-
- Clint Ballard at Ballard Synergy has accepted the action to expand his
- material to incorporate many of the additional and complementary concepts
- which came up during the meeting.
-
- Rick Tewell is going to make a quick pass at an implementation of the concepts
- described to see if a demonstration of functionality can be made at the next
- meeting.
-
- The next meeting is going to be hosted by Western Digital at the Red Lion in
- Costa Mesa. It will be held on January 12, following the SCSI-2 Working Group.
- Please make reservations immediately if not before. The hotels fill up fast in
- that area and there is bound to be an early cutoff date (we do not know what
- it is yet - Bruce is still nailing down the final details).
-
- The primary task on January 12 is to define a model and a glossary of terms to
- lock us in on a syntax that will reduce confusion.
-
- Implementors who feel they can contribute to the effort are still welcome, but
- presentrations on implementations will be clearly identified as for
- information only, and be made after the model discussions.
-
- A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all.
-
-
-
-
- I. Dal Allan
- Chairman
-
-