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- From: ttn@cc.tut.fi (Tero Nieminen)
- Subject: Re: Share a SCSI device from two masters?
- In-Reply-To: gene@aee.aee.com's message of Mon, 14 Sep 1992 13:28:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <TTN.92Sep16064728@lehtori.cc.tut.fi>
- Sender: ttn@cc.tut.fi (Tero Nieminen)
- Organization: Tampere Univ. of Technology, Finland.
- References: <BOORTZ.92Sep14005149@bast.sics.se> <1992Sep14.132841.17568@aee.aee.com>
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- Date: 16 Sep 92 06:47:28
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- In article <1992Sep14.132841.17568@aee.aee.com>, gene@aee.aee.com (Gene Kochanowsky) writes:
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- > boortz@sics.se (Kent Boortz) writes:
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- >>Is it possible to use a SCSI DAT tape backup from a Mac and a PC
- >>using a switch box? Would it blow the SCSI chips if it is swithed
- >>when the equipment is on? Any other solutions?
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- > From what I understand, the SCSI interface allows multiple computers controlling
- > the same SCSI peripheral. A switch box is not needed. I have never tried it myself
- > but the SCSI specs say it is possible.
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- It is in deed possible. The only thing is to make sure is that no two
- devices have the same ID number.
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- Thus no two Macs can be connected together via the scsi-interface, but a
- Mac and a PC should be possible, provided the scsi-card of the PC allows
- different scsi-ID. I haven't actually seen this Mac-PC configuration
- alive (only a Sun-HD-Sun), so I'm not sure if all the Mac SCSI-drivers
- handle the situation correctly, tho.
- --
- Tero Nieminen Tampere University of Technology
- ttn@cc.tut.fi Tampere, Finland, Europe
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