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In <AJC.92Jul24120000@thendara.pa.dec.com> ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento) writes:

>  The size of the transfer is started at 8bit, but can go to either 16bit or
>to 32bit. This would mean that the architectural limit in the current spec
>for Fast Very-Wide (ie. 32bit) Differential SCSI-2 would be 40MB/s. As I read
>the current spec the use of 16bit requires two SCSI cables to be used. So, it
>would seem possible (and the spec states it is) to mix 8bit and 16bit devices
>on the same bus using a Host Adapter that was capable of handling 16bit.

How do you prevent two devices responding to the same
low 8-bits of address?

i.e. devices 4 and 12.

The high bit is only visible on the 16bit bus. Is there some
magic which differentiates between 8 and 16bit addresses,
which is visible in the 8bit space?
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