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- From: twosheds@ferris.cray.com (Jay Vollmer)
- Subject: Re: SCSI id of a Laser Writer IIg
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.135207.9192@walter.cray.com>
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- Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
- References: <w3XmwB6w165w@theporch.raider.net> <1993Jan4.102428.11560@tdb.uu.se>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 13:52:06 CST
-
- In article <1993Jan4.102428.11560@tdb.uu.se> Mats.Bredell@udac.uu.se writes:
- >Michael Rowland (rowley@theporch.raider.net) wrote:
- >: gpb@gpb-mac (greg berryman ) writes:
- >:
- >: > zmyd02@hou.amoco.com (Denton Meredith) writes:
- >: > : In article 29412@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk, ivan sin <ivan-sin@cuhk.hk> () writes:
- >: > : >How can I find out the SCSI id of a IIg printer?
- >: > : >Is it id=7 just like the id of a mac system, I guess?
- >: > :
- >: > :
- >: > : I may be completely screwed up on this, but as I recall, printers are not S
- >: > :
- >: > No.
- >: >
- >: > Every SCSI device has an address, including the CPU.
- >: >
- >: > Greg.
- >: >
- >: Printers are not SCSI devices. They are usually AppleTalk (serial), or
- >: sometimes Direct serial connected.
- >: The Mac cpu is always SCSI address 7. If your computer has an internal
- >: hard drive, chances are it's SCSI address = 0. There can be up to six
- >: devices in between, but their SCSI ID's are not dependent on startup
- >: order... they each have a fixed ID #.
- >: Some hard drives let you change their ID's by software...avoid them.
- >
- >I don't know exactly what the original poster meant by his question, but if
- >the laser printer supports a SCSI hard disk for font storage, it certainly
- >must be a SCSI device. But from the Mac point of view, it's a simple serial
- >or appletalk device.
- >
-
- A SCSI device can be anything you want it to be. GCC used to sell (still
- does?) a laser printer that connected to the SCSI port (doesn't this imply
- that this printer was a SCSI device?)
-
- If you have a SCSI hard-disk connected to a printer, the printer would be the
- bus-master and therefore ID=7.
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