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- From: shair@barolo.cso.uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
- Subject: Re: SCSI-DISKS
- References: <1992Dec27.195328.125@vms.huji.ac.il> <1993Jan5.140720.29649@physchem.ox.ac.uk>
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- Organization: IBM Champaign
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 17:29:08 GMT
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- mark@physchem.ox.ac.uk (Mark) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec27.195328.125@vms.huji.ac.il>, allon@nesher.fh.huji.ac.il (Allon herman) writes:
- >> I am trying to install a non IBM scsi disk on my RT (running AOS 4.3).
- >> I am also aware that there has been recently a discussion regarding this topic
- >> in this newsgroup. I will be most thankful to the person who can tell me if
- >> and where can I find old articles that were posted on this newsgroup.
- >>
- >> Thanks,
- >> Allon Herman.
- >>
- >> E-Mail: allon@batata.fh.huji.ac.il
- >
- >
- >The fact that it is a not an IBM SCSI disk shoulod have no effect. SCSI is a
- >standard. If it is a SCSI drive and it does not work with a SCSI controller, one
- >of the devices does not meet the SCSI standard.
-
- Let's not forget the difference between Differential SCSI, as implemented on
- the RT and several minicomputers, and Single-Ended SCSI, on the PC, Mac, RS/6000
- and other workstations. They are not electrically compatible; the only difference
- which I understand between them is that Differential SCSI allows longer distances
- (the RT SCSI disks were in racks external to the cabinet).
-
- I've heard that there are 3rd-party converters (black boxes?) which allow these
- to be intermixed, but have no experience with them.
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- Bob Shair shair@vnet.ibm.com
- Scientific Computing Specialist SHAIR@UIUCVMD (bitnet)
- IBM Champaign
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