Re: Fiber channels (was Re: The Killer Micro From Hell)

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From: Gregory N. Bond
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1990 22:40

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In article <28795@amdcad.AMD.COM> ching@pepsi.amd.com (Mike Ching) writes:

   You could send data over 2 kilometers using fiber. Using copper would make
   the component cost $40 and the distance 30-100 meters depending on the
   quality of the coax. Anyway we decided that the low demand for differential
   SCSI meant it wouldn't have wide appeal either. (BTW, we weren't trying
   to build these. Just considering it for an application note for the chips.
   Our business is ICs.)

Wow.  I reckon there would be a market for this.  How often have I
cursed having to walk down 3 flights of stairs to get to the machine
room to change a cartridge tape?  When the tapes live in the storeroom
on my floor?  Run a fibre scsi bus to an unused corner of my office,
stick the tape drive there, and no more walking, and no dumping across
the ethernet!

Where do I order?

Greg.
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From: gnb@bby.oz.au (Gregory N. Bond)
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Subject: Re: Fiber channels (was Re: The Killer Micro From Hell)
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Date: 15 Jan 90 22:40:44 GMT
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