Re: IPI-2 vs. SCSI

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From: Bruce Robertson
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 1989 00:57

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In article <564@celit.UUCP> hutch@celerity.uucp (Jim Hutchison) writes:
   I'm a bit puzzled
   by the wide (32bit) and fast SCSIs.  They will probably kill the SCSI
   market by confusing people.  I personally would get miffed if I got
   a wide/fast interface and the *wrong* kind of SCSI disk.

I may be remembering this wrong (no reference material handy), but I
believe that SCSI/2 allows both the target and the initiator to
negotiate the width of the transfer down from 32 bits.  Therefore, you
can still use a 32-bit SCSI/2 device with an 8-bit SCSI controller,
and an 8-bit SCSI device with a 32-bit SCSI/2 controller.
-- 
	Bruce Robertson
	Hundred Acre Software, Reno, NV
	Domain: bruce@pooh.com
	UUCP:   ...!uunet!tahoe.unr.edu!heather!bruce

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Subject: Re: IPI-2 vs. SCSI
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