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- From: jeh@cmkrnl.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: SCSI Turbochannel option on DEC3000/400
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.003053.958@cmkrnl.com>
- Date: 12 Dec 92 08:30:53 GMT
- References: <1g5cpnINNn2d@rave.larc.nasa.gov><1992Dec10.181247.15655@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> <AJC.92Dec10135230@thendara.pa.dec.com>
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- In article <AJC.92Dec10135230@thendara.pa.dec.com>, ajc@pa.dec.com
- (AJ Casamento) writes:
- > I'm afraid that the product literature may have confused you. It is true
- > that both the DEC3000/400 and the DEC3000/500 have two separate SCSI-2
- > channels. However, in both cases one of the NCR53C94 chips is dedicated to
- > the internal storage. On the DEC3000/500 the internal storage can be up to
- > 6 devices (of which two can be removable media). On the DEC3000/400 the
- > internal storage can be up to 3 devices (of which one can be removable media).
-
- ... with the wiring and connectors supplied by DEC. Is there any technical
- reason why the "internal" SCSI chain can't be extended to the outside (as can
- be done rather trivially on, for example, the dual-SCSI VAXstation 3100's) ?
-
- --- Jamie Hanrahan, Kernel Mode Consulting, San Diego CA
- Chair, Programming and Internals Working Group, U.S. DECUS VMS Systems SIG
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